The Wanderer in Bulgar

The Wanderer in Bulgar aka The Minstrel in Bulgar (Tatar: Cyrillic Ил Гизүче Болгарда, Latin İl Gizüçe Bolğarda) is a 30 minutes Tatar rock opera written and directed by Vladislav Chebitarev, music by Räşid Kalimullin based on İldar Yüziev's libretto for classical opera Cuckoo's Cry.[1][2] It was filmed in Kazan Television Studio under Gosteleradio of USSR.

The Wanderer in Bulgar
The screenshot of The Wanderer in Bulgar.
Directed byVladislav Chebitarev
Written byVladislav Chebitirev
StarringVenera Ganieva
Alfred Kamilevsky
Damir Siraciev
Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Artists
Music byRäşid Kalimullin
CinematographyMönir Zalyuşev
Release date
1989
Running time
30 min.
Country USSR
LanguageTatar

Plot

A group of youngsters visits historical ruins of the Bulgar city, the sacred place of their ancestors. While climbing up and down the ruined towers and minarets The Wanderer begins to see some flashbacks, symbolizing the return to the roots and historical identity. So the journey back to the past and up to the nowadays begins, his every step followed by different musical illustration.

Cast

Main Characters

Others

Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Artists:

  • Vladimir Yakovlev,
  • Marat Gimatutdinov,
  • Igor Zhukov,
  • Konstantin Zakharov,
  • Alexander Barmin,
  • Anatoly Petrov,
  • Ramil Gafiatullin,
  • Ruald Sidayev,
  • Ruslan Butayev,
  • Ilya Migachev,
  • Nadejda Magdeyeva,
  • Farida Galeyeva,
  • Dinara Bikbova,
  • Kamil Kamalov,
  • Kamil Fäyzrahmanov,
  • Dmitry Pivovarov,
  • Dmitry Rytov,
  • Alfia Chebotareva,
  • Zinaida Yakovleva,
The screenshot from the only known VHS cassette, found in Istanbul.[3]

Vocals by
  • Venera Ganieva,
  • Zölfät Xakim
  • Damir Siraciev as the guest
  • Rafael Sähäbiev
  • Rawil İdrisov
  • Räşid Kalimullin

Music Performed by
  • ZMC (Zapiski Mertvogo Cheloveka)
  • Alexander Ivanov's Band

Choreography by
  • Vladimir Yakovlev

References and notes
  1. Personal web-site of Räşid Kalimullin, "Work" section. http://www.rashidkalimullin.ru/work/work.htm
  2. Räşid Kalimullin on Sofia Gubaidulina Centre of Contemporary Music. http://www.muscentre.org/cgi-bin/get.pl?id=10
  3. This is the subject to oral history. No documentary evidence available.


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