A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.
Ivan Patorzhinsky
as Karas
Марія Литвиненко-Вольгемут
as Odarka
Yelizaveta Chavdar
as Oksana
N. Sheliyuzhko
as Andrei
Mikhail Grishko
as Sultan
I. Kuchenko
as Selikh-Agah
V.Matveyev
as The Imam
