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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 ...
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.
Ruslan and Ludmila (pre-reform Russian: Русла́нъ и Людми́ла; post-reform Russian: Русла́н и Людми́ла, romanized: Ruslán i Lyudmíla) is a poem by Alexander Pushkin, published in 1820.
The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at Count Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music, and reacts coldly to the creation of the composer. The disappointed Glinka decides to go learn the art of music in Italy. [2] After returning from Italy, he is full of desire to write a Russian opera.
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1869; revised 1870, 1880) The Tempest Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18 (1873) Hamlet Overture-Fantasia, Op. 67a (1888) The above three works are based on plays by Shakespeare; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (1876) is based on Dante's Inferno. Manfred Symphony in four scenes after the dramatic poem by ...
Here the musical legacy of the Russian classics from Glinka to Scriabin is combined with folk song material and some symphonic orientalisms. In 1927, inspired by the ballerina Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer (1876–1962), he wrote the music for the ballet Krasny mak ( The Red Poppy ), later revised, to avoid the connotation of opium , as Krasny ...