Tchaikovsky - Overture to Cherevichki, Op. 14 (1885)

Cherevichki, Op. 14 - Comic-fantasy opera in four acts by Jakov Polonskij (1885) Overture to the opera “Cherevichki“ (The Slippers) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), a revision of his earlier opera “Vakula the Smith“. Both works are based on the story “Christmas Eve“ by Nikolai Gogol, which is found in his collection “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka“. This story also inspired Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Christmas Eve“. Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari