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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 ...
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Capriccio Brilliante on the Jota Aragonesa" for orchestra: Orchestra: 21: 1848: Камаринская: Kamarinskaya, Scherzo / Fantasia on Two Russian Themes: for orchestra: arranged for piano 4-hands (1856) Orchestra: 1848: Recuerdos de Castilla: Recuerdos de Castilla: for orchestra: first version of Spanish Overture ...
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Canadian and Russian Overtures (Uri Mayer conductor, 1986) (CBC SM 5069, SMC 5069, SMCD 5069) Forsyth Jubilee Overture / Ridout Fall Fair / Morawetz Overture to a Fairy Tale / Shostakovich Festive Overture, Opus 96 / Borodin Prince Igor: Overture / Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture / Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Anthology of Canadian ...
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 premiere is successful, but Glinka is still not entirely happy with the libretto: "Rosen wrote the wrong words". [4] When the tsar learns that Glinka's opera Ruslan and Lyudmila is based on a subject by Pushkin, he sees it as sedition. This is a bitter experience for Glinka, but he is comforted by the support of "the progressive Russian ...
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