My Choice 784 - André Rieu: La Canzone del Volga

André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra play La Canzone del Volga from the operetta Der Zarevitsch by Franz Lehar. We're showing photos of Alexei and Peter the Great and of the River Volga, in Russia.

Der Zarewitsch (The Tsarevich) is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. Lehár composed the work as a vehicle for Richard Tauber, the acclaimed Austrian tenor.

The plot of Der Zarevitsch is loosely based on a true story of the self imposed exile of the son of Peter the Great, Alexei, who shirked his father's command by running away to Naples with his Finnish mistress disguised as a page.

The couple spent two years galavanting around until Alexei was compelled by his father to return. His father was paranoid that Alexei was conspiring against him and ultimately Alexei ended up being imprisoned and tortured.

The Russian senate convicted him of conspiring against his father and he was sentenced to death. He died due to ill health before he could be executed, most likely resulting from the poor treatment he received while imprisoned.

The Volga (Russian: Волга) is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including its capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage basin. Some of the largest reservoirs in the world can be found along the Volga.

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