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Russian opera (Russian: Ру́сская о́пера Rússkaya ópera) is the art of opera in Russia.Operas by composers of Russian origin, written or staged outside of Russia, also belong to this category, as well as the operas of foreign composers written or intended for the Russian scene.
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов, romanized: Borís Godunóv listen ⓘ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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.
Maxim Vyacheslavovich Mironov (Russian: Макси́м Вячесла́вович Миро́нов; born 30 September 1981 in Tula) is a Russian tenor, best known for his interpretation of the bel canto repertoire. In 2001, he joined the Helikon Opera Theatre in Moscow, where he made his operatic debut in André Grétry's opera Pierre le Grand.
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина, IPA: [xɐˈvanʲɕːɪnə] ⓘ, sometimes rendered The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (subtitled a 'national music drama') in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources. The opera was ...
Judith (Russian: Юдифь, romanized: Yudíf – stress on second syllable) is an opera in five acts, composed by Alexander Serov during 1861–1863. Derived from renditions of the story of Judith from the Old Testament Apocrypha, the Russian libretto, though credited to the composer, has a complicated history.
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, romanized: Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂɐˈlʲapʲɪn]; 13 February [O.S. 1 February] 1873 – 12 April 1938) was a Russian opera singer.
The piano score of the opera was published in 1908 by Jurgenson's publishing house and premiered on November 11, 1916, at the Zimin Opera House in Moscow. [2] The story centers around the death of the main protagonist Klara Milich, and the work is characterized as being a oneiric , or an appeal to introspection and a destabilization between ...