ANYUTA (A BALLET)  1982  68 min.  (VHS) 
Music by: Valery Gavrilin 
Starring: Ekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Gali Abaidulov, Dzon Markovsky 
An adaptation of Chekhov's "Anna Round the Neck," this ballet is a story of a young woman who marries a rich but indifferent husband eventually to find admirers crowding at her feet. 

BORIS GODUNOV  With English Subtitles:  1978  181 min.  (VHS) 
Music: Modest Mussorgsky 
Performed by: The Bolshoi Opera, starring Yevgeni Nesterenko 

KHOVANSHCHINA  With English Subtitles, 2 Vols.  1989  173 min.  2  1989  (VHS) 
Music: Modest Mussorgsky 
Orchestration by Dmitri Shostakovich; Final Scene by Igor Stravinsky 
Performed by Vienna State Opera; conducted by Claudio Abbado 
Starring: Nakolai Ghiaurov, Vladimir Atlantov, Yuri Marusin, Ludmila Semtschuk 
Set in the time when Peter the Great became tsar, political intrigue, religious persecution and the tragedy of a nation form the backdrop against which intense personal dramas are played out. 

THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE  1988  85 min.  (VHS) 
Music: Rodion Shchedrin 
Script and Choreography: Alexander Radunsky 
Performed by: The Bolshoi Ballet 
Starring: Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Alexandrer Radunsky, Annya Scherbinina
A magical tour through the land of flying horses, dancing fish, and tumbling clowns. 

PARIS DANCES DIAGHILEV  1990  84 min.  (VHS) 
Paris Opera Ballet performs four works of the Ballet Russes - Petrouchka, Le Spectre de la Rose, L'Apres-midi d'un Faune, and Noces - recreated in their original sets, costumes and choreography as tribute to Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev. 

PRINCE IGOR  1972  110 min.  (VHS)
Director: Roman Tikhomirov
Cast: B. Khmelnitsky; V. Kiniavyev; N. Pshennaya
Borodin's epic opera sung by the Kirov.  Lenfilm.

RAYMONDA  146 min.  (VHS)
Music: Alexander Glazunov 
Performed by: Bolshoi Ballet 
Starring: Ludmila Semenyaka, Irek Moukhamedov, Gedeminas Taranda 

QUEEN OF SPADES  1983  174 min.  (VHS) 
Music: Peter Tchaikovsky 
Performed by: Bolshoi Opera 
Starring: Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Malashkina, Elena Obratsova 

THE STORY OF THE KIROV BALLET  1997  52 min.  (VHS)  ***Located in the Russian Documentaries*** 

A visual history of the famous ballet company, featuring profiles and performance footage of legendary stars Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

LES SYLPHIDES (CHOPINIANA)  1987  34 min.  (VHS) 
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine; Orchestration: Alexander Glazunov 
Performed by: Bolshoi Ballet 
Starring: Natalia Bessmertnova, Alexandre Beogatyriov, Galina Kozlova, Irian Kholina 
Inspired by the 1905 visit of Isadora Duncan, Fokine took the music of Chopin and created Chopiniana (later renamed Les Sylphides). 

THE TSAR'S BRIDE  1966  97 min.  (VHS)  *** Located in Russia/FSU Feature Films*** 
Director: Vladimir Gorikker 
Cast: Raissa Nedashkovskaya, Natalya RudnayaOtar Koberidze, Pyotr Glebov 

A cinematic production of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera using the actors and singers of the Bolshoi Opera and Theater.  It tells the story of a beautiful young girl who is chosen ­ against her will ­ by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to be his wife.