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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 ...
Spanish Overture No. 2 "Recollection of a Summer Night in Madrid" for orchestra: a.k.a. Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid: Orchestra: 1855: Польский: Polonaise on a Spanish Bolero Theme in F major: for orchestra: Orchestra: Concerto: Concerto in E ♭ major: for orchestra: unfinished Chamber music: 1823? Септет: Septet in E ...
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 ...
The Finn finds Ruslan and resurrects him with magical waters. He gives Ruslan a ring which will break Ludmila's spell, but tells him that he must first save the city from its attackers. Ruslan returns to Kiev, Chernomor still in tow, and leads the city's warriors to victory. Ruslan touches Ludmila's face with the ring and she awakens.
The "Romance" section from the suite, with its solo violin melody, is known to Western TV audiences as the theme music for the Euston Films mini-series Reilly, Ace of Spies, about Russian adventurer Sidney Reilly. The finale part of the suite can be heard on the classic music radio of the 2012 video game Sleeping Dogs.
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 burgeoning of ...
Around Christmas 1855, Glinka was visited by Alexander Ulybyshev, a rich Russian amateur critic, and his 18-year-old protégé Mily Balakirev, who was reportedly on his way to becoming a great pianist. [40] Balakirev played his fantasy based on themes from A Life for the Tsar for Glinka. Glinka, pleasantly surprised, praised Balakirev as a ...
It has been confused with the closing chorus of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar, possibly due to both beginning with the same word glory (славься), but the two works are unrelated with the latter being derived from an old Polish folk song (though the operatic music, too, has been suggested as a candidate for a Russian national anthem).