The Wanderer in Bulgar

The Wanderer in Bulgar

The screenshot of The Wanderer in Bulgar.
Directed by Vladislav Chebitarev
Written by Vladislav Chebitirev
Starring Venera Ganieva
Alfred Kamilevsky
Damir Siraciev
Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Artists
Music by Räşid Kalimullin
Cinematography Mönir Zalyuşev
Release dates
1989
Running time
30 min.
Country Soviet Union USSR
Language Tatar

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.

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:

The screenshot from the only known VHS cassette, found in Istanbul.[3]

Vokals by

Music Performed by

Choreography by

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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