Cataloged from container. Opera excerpts and songs, interspersed with scenes from St. Petersburg. Originally produced in 2009. Program notes by Constanine Orbelian and Kenneth Chalmers (19 p.) inserted in container. Filmed at the White Columns Hall of the Yusupov Palace (tracks 1 and 3); the Baroque Theatre of the Yusupov Palace (tracks 5-10); and the Gold Room of the Peterhof Palace (tracks 12-14). Renée Fleming, soprano, narrator (in travelogue scenes) ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Olga Kern, Ivari Ilja, pianists ; the State Hermitage Orchestra "St. Petersburg Camerata" ; Constantine Orbelian, conductor. Sung in Italian, Russian, and French; subtitles in English (arias and songs only); narration in English.