Vakula and the Devil

T423488954
A magical retelling of Nikolai Gogol's famous story Christmas Eve interwoven with a ravishing selection of Russian and Ukrainian music and song. Honest blacksmith Vakula is in love with the beautiful but proud Oksana. But how on earth will he manage the impossible task she sets him before Christmas?

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A Ukrainian Christmas Eve

Bass-baritone, cellist and storyteller Matthew Sharp joins Chroma musicians to perform music by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov and Borodin as well as Ukrainian folk music.