The Treasurer's Wife

Overview

This television opera is based on Boris Asafiev's work "The Treasurer's Wife," which, in turn, is an opera adaptation of M.Y. Lermontov's poem "The Tambov Treasurer's Wife." The action takes place in the early 19th century in the provincial town of Tambov. The quiet, measured life of the town is disrupted by the arrival of a cavalry regiment. The old treasurer throws a ball, where he loses his entire fortune and his beautiful wife to the young cavalryman Garin in a card game.

Cast

Natalia Danilova

Авдотья Николаевна, казначейша

Sergei Leiferkus

Гарин

Valeri Kuzin

Казначей

Igor Eremeev

улан

Elena Pavlovskaya

Кузина

Semyon Berlin

уездный предводитель