Overview
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 Patorzhynsky as Karas
- Maria Lytvynenko-Volhemut as Odarka
- Yelizaveta Chavdar as Oksana
- Mykola Shelyushko as Andrei
- Mykhailo Hryshko as Sultan
- Ivan Kuchenko as Selikh-Agah
- Volodymyr Matveyev as The Imam