Performance on 3 - Rachmaninov - 21/11/2008

From Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Presented by Martin Handley. A performance of Rachmaninov's rarely-heard one-act opera The Miserly Knight, the story of a young knight, Albert, who lives a life of jousting and courtly pleasure, and his father, an extremely rich but miserly baron who refuses to support him. Baron ...... Maxim Mikhailov (bass) Albert ...... Misha Didyk (tenor) Duke ...... Sergey Murzaev (baritone) Moneylender ...... Peter Bronder (baritone) Servant ...... Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight.