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Ruslan and Lyudmila (Russian: Руслан и Людмила, romanized: Ruslán i Lyudmíla listen ⓘ) is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The libretto was written in Russian by Valerian Shirkov, with minor contributions by Mykola Markevych , Nestor Kukolnik , and the composer based on ...
Portrait of Mikhail Glinka by Karl Bryullov, 1840. Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаил Иванович Глинка [a], romanized: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka [b], IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə] ⓘ; 1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1857) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often ...
a.k.a. Valse-Fantaisie; original version for piano (1839); orchestrated in 1845 (lost); reorchestrated in 1856 Orchestra: 20: 1845: Испанская увертюра № 1 «Блестящее каприччио на тему Арагонской хоты» Spanish Overture No. 1 "Capriccio Brilliante on the Jota Aragonesa" for orchestra ...
Written as an epic literary fairy tale consisting of a dedication (посвящение [1]), six "cantos" , and an epilogue (эпилог), it tells the story of the abduction of Ludmila, the daughter of Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus' (reigned 980–1015), by an evil wizard and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to find and rescue her.
Mikhail Glinka. However the most important events in the history of Russian opera were two great operas by Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857) A Life for the Tsar, (Zhizn za tsarya, originally entitled Ivan Susanin 1836) and Ruslan and Lyudmila (based on the tale by Alexander Pushkin, 1842. These two works inaugurated a new era in Russian music and a ...
Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / Mikhail Glinka; Coppélia, Act 1, No. 8: Csárdás / Léo Delibes; Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique", I: Allegro di molto e con brio / Ludwig van Beethoven; Sylvia, Act 3, No. 18a: Divertissement - Pizzicato / Delibes; Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46 / Antonín Dvořák
Ruslan and Ludmila can also refer to several works based on the Pushkin poem: Ruslan and Ludmila (1821 ballet) , 1821 ballet by Adam Glushkovsky to music by Friedrich Scholz; Ruslan and Ludmila (film), a 1972 film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko; Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera), an 1842 opera composed by Mikhail Glinka based on the poem by Pushkin
The Festive Overture (Russian: Праздничная увертюра, romanized: Prazdnichnaya uvertyura), Op. 96 is an orchestral work composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1954. Commissioned for the Bolshoi Theatre 's celebration of the 37th anniversary of the October Revolution , the score has since become one of the most enduring of ...