• For the first time in nearly 100 years Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the MET for the first time with a Slavic, Russophone cast.

• The DVD includes a “Backstage at the MET” with host Eric Owens:
o Introductions to Act 1, 2 and 3
o Interview: Ildar Abdrazakov 2:27
o Panel: Gelb, Tcherniakov; Noseda (+Lidiya) 2:26
o Interview: Dyka; Petrenko (+Lidiya) 1:38
o Interview: Rachvelishvili 1:25
o Interview: Donald Palumbo 1:00