Tchaikovsky - Mazeppa / Putilin, Aleksashkin, Diadkova, Loskutova, Lutsiuk, Gergiev, Kirov Opera [DVD];

Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this dramatic staging of Tchaikovsky's rarely performed historical opera, based on Pushkin's verse tale of the legendary Cossack chieftain. Featured performers inlcude Nikolai Putilin, Sergei Alexashkin and Larissa Diadkova. Subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.