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The Golden Cockerel (Russian: Золотой петушок, romanized: Zolotoy petushok listen ⓘ) is an opera in three acts, with a short prologue and an even shorter epilogue, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, his last complete opera, before his death in 1908.
The film depicts the final two decades of the life of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Exploring his creative and pedagogical philosophy, the narrative highlights key moments such as his lectures at the school of composers he founded, intense debates about the "anti-popular" nature of Ramensky's music (a character based on Igor Stravinsky), struggles against the tyranny of Imperial ...
The Moscow premiere followed that of St. Petersburg three years later in 1885. It was presented by the Russian Private Opera (the Opera of Savva Mamontov in Moscow), conducted by Enrico Bevignani with scenic Design by Viktor Vasnetsov, Isaak Levitan, and Konstantin Korovin; Tsar Berendey – Grigoriy Erchov, Bermyata – Anton Bedlevitch, Spring Beauty – Vera Gnucheva, Grandfather Frost ...
Fairy tales and legends: The Snow Maiden, Mlada, Sadko, Kashchey the Deathless, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya, and The Golden Cockerel. Of this range, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote in 1902, "In every new work of mine I am trying to do something that is new for me.
Kitezh is arguably Rimsky-Korsakov's finest opera, often being referred to as "the Russian Parsifal; [11] however, it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire outside Russia. Stylistically, it is more representative of Rimsky-Korsakov's work than the better-known The Golden Cockerel. [12]
At this post, he directed the Paris premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Golden Cockerel. [6] From 1905 to 1917, he was principal of the conservatory of St. Petersburg, where he taught conducting. In 1918 he was invited to take the post of director of the National Conservatory of Tbilisi, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Golden Cockerel Press, an English fine press operating between 1920 and 1961 The Golden Cockerel , an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Goldener Hahn , a ceremonial goblet in Münster, Germany
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Golden Cockerel, Suite for Orchestra Alexander Tcherepnin. The Distant Princess. The Enchanted Kingdom. Mikhail Pletnev: Deutsche Grammophon. 447 0842 Sergei Rachmaninov. Symphony No. 2 in E minor The Rock – Fantasy. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Tempest. Overture in F major Anatoly Liadov. Baba-Yaga. Kikimora ...