From Mariinsky theatre St. Petersburg, Russia The Kirov Opera in assosiation with San Francisco Opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" magical opera in five acts by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka 1995 Cast Svetozar Mikhail Kit Lyudmila Anna Netrebko Ruslan Vladimir Ognovenko Ratmir Larissa Diadkova Farlaf Gennady Bezzubenkov Gorislava Galina Gorchakova Finn Konstantin Pluzhnikov Naina Irina Bogachova Bayan Yuri Marusin Dancers of the Kiron Ballet. The Kirov Orchestra Conductor Valery Gergiev Original designs for sets and costumes by Alexander Golovin