Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

The Song

The Polovtsian Dances form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor.

The work remained unfinished when the composer died in 1887, although he had worked on it for more than a decade. A performing version was prepared by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov in 1890. Several other versions, or "completions", of the opera have been made. The dances are performed with chorus and last between 11 and 14 minutes. They occur in act 1 or act 2, depending on which version of the opera is being used.

The Orchestra & Choir

SNG (Slovene National Theatre) Maribor Symphony Orchestra

RTS Choir (Choir of Radio Television of Serbia)

Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) Choir

Slaven Kulenović, conductor

Ljubljana, 11.6.2019