War and Peace (opera)
Year Cast : Natasha , Pierre , Andrei Bolkonsky , Prince Mikhail Kutuzov Conductor , Opera House and Orchestra Label
1953 Rosanna Carteri , Franco Corelli , Ettore Bastianini , Italo Tajo Artur Rodziński , Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus ( Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fioerentino , May ) Audio CD : Andromeda/Melodram Cat : ANDRCD 5022
1961 Galina Vishnevskaya , Vladimir Petrov , Yevgeny Kibkalo , Alexei Krivchenya Alexander Melik-Pashayev , Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus Audio CD : BMG - Melodiya Cat : 74321 29 350-2
1982 Galina Kalinina , Evgeni Raikov , Yury Masurok , Alexander Vedernikov Mark Ermler , Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus Audio CD : Melodiya Cat : MEL CD 10 01444
1986 Galina Vishnevskaya , Wieslaw Ochman , Lajos Miller , Nicola Ghiuselev Mstislav Rostropovich , ORTF National Orchestra and Chorus Audio CD : Erato Cat : 2292-45331-2
1991 Yelena Prokina , Gegam Gregoriam , Alexandr Gergavov , Nikolai Okhotnikov Valery Gergiev , Kirov Theatre Orchestra and Chorus Audio CD : Philips Cat : 434 097-2 DVD : Kultur , Cat : D 2903 ; Arthaus Musik , Cat : 100 370
1999 Ekaterina Morozova , Justin Lavender , Oleg Balachov , Roderick Williams Richard Hickox , Spoleto Festival Orchestra and State Symphony Capella of Russia ( Recorded in the Teatro Nuovo , Spoleto , 4,6,8-10 July ) Audio CD : Chandos Records Cat : CHAN 9855
2000 Olga Gouriakova , Robert Brubaker , Nathan Gunn , Anatoli Kotcherga Gary Bertini , Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus ( Video recording of a performance in the Opéra Bastille , Paris ) DVD : TDK Cat : DV-OPWP ( Europe ) ; DVUS-OPWP ( US )
Recordings
War and Peace (Op. 91) (, Voyna i mir) is an opera in two parts (an Epigraph and 13 scenes), sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Although Tolstoy's work is classified as a novel, the 1812 invasion of Russia by the French was based on real-life events, and some real-life people appear as characters in both the novel and the opera, e.g. Prince Mikhail Kutuzov and Napoleon Bonaparte.