Tales of Cold and Warm Hearts

The works offered to you will not leave children or adults indifferent. Three wonderful theatrical fairy tales about good and evil, about how people, chasing imaginary values, can lose the true. While listening to these performances, you will empathize with their heroes, feel sad and rejoice together with them.

“The Snow Queen”
Performance of the Central Academic Children’s Theatre
Dramatization by Evgeny Schwartz based on the fairy tale of the same name
H. C. Andersen
Music by V. Oransky • Orchestra conducted by A. Frolov
Recording from 1949 • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes

“Snow Maiden”
State Academic Small Theatre • Radio performance
based on the play of the same name by A. N. Ostrovsky
Music by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Recording from 1949 • Duration: 59 minutes

“The Star Boy”
Radio production based on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde
Orchestra conducted by Leonid Pyatigorsky
Recording from 1950 • Duration: 36 minutes

Total duration: 2 hours 45 minutes

Roles performed by:

“The Snow Queen”
Performance of the Central Academic Children’s Theatre
Dramatization by Evgeny Schwartz based on the fairy tale of the same name by H. C. Andersen
Characters and performers:
Storyteller — Evgeny Perov
Gerda — Galina Novozhilova
Kai — Valentina Sperantova
Grandmother — A. Soboleva
Snow Queen — K. Koreneva
Advisor — Mikhail Neyman
Prince — Lyudmila Chernyshova
Princess — Galina Ivanova
Atamansha — T. Strukova
Little robbers — A. Kudryavtseva
Reindeer — V. Kharalshin
Raven — P. Chinarov
Hen — N. Ternovskaya
Music by V. Oransky
Production by O. Pyzhova and B. Bibikov
Orchestra conducted by A. Frolov
Recording from 1949 • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes

“Snow Maiden”
State Academic Small Theatre
Radio performance based on A. N. Ostrovsky’s play of the same name
Characters and performers:
Spring Krasna — Elena Gogoleva
Ded Moroz — Anatoly Rzhanov
Snow Maiden — Konstantsiya Roek
Kupavna, daughter of Murash — Elena Shatrova
Tsar Berendey — Fyodor Grigoriev
Lel, shepherd — Vladimir Kolosov
Bobbyl — Alexander Sashin-Nikolskiy
Leshy — Sheremetiev
Young man — Elena Kuznetsova
Explanatory text read by Evgeny Velikhov
Music by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Recording from 1949 • Duration: 59 minutes

“The Star Boy”
Radio production based on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde
Characters and performers:
Star Boy — Maria Babanova
His mother — Lydia Knyazeva
His father — Evgeny Samoylov
Woodcutter — Leonid Pirogov
His wife — Lyadova
Little animals — N. Chkuaseli and Yulia Yulskaya
The Magician — Anatoly Kubatsky
1st soldier — Mikhail Batashov
2nd soldier — Leonid Pirogov
From the author — Mikhail Tsaryov
Orchestra conducted by Leonid Pyatigorsky
Recording from 1950 • Duration: 36 minutes