A Cossack Beyond the Danube (1953)

Director: V. Larpoknysh

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

Cast

Ivan Patorzhinsky

Karas

Mariia Lytvynenko-Volhemut

Odarka

Yelizaveta Chavdar

Oksana

N. Sheliyuzhko

Andrei

Mikhail Grishko

Sultan

I. Kuchenko

Selikh-Agah

V.Matveyev

The Imam