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2. Prince Igor - Wikipedia

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   Prince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz Igor, listen ⓘ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin.The composer adapted the libretto from the early Russian epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of the 12th-century prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian") tribes in 1185. [1]

3. Polovtsian Dances - Wikipedia

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   The Polovtsian dances, or Polovetsian dances (Russian: Половецкие пляски, romanized: Polovetskie plyaski from the Russian "Polovtsy" – the name used by the Rus' for the Kipchaks and Cumans) form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor. The opera remained unfinished when the composer died in ...

4. List of compositions by Alexander Borodin - Wikipedia

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   Libretto Notes The Tsar's Bride: 1867: 1868: sketches, lost Bogatyri: 1878: Viktor Krylov: Opera farce in 5 Scenes, based on music by Rossini, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, Serov, Verdi, etc., orchestrated by E. Merten Prince Igor: 1869: 1887: Borodin, after "The Lay of Prince Igor" Unfinished opera with a prologue and 4 acts. Orch. Rimsky-Korsakov and ...

5. Prince Igor (1969 film) - Wikipedia

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   Prince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz Igor is a screen version of the eponymous opera by Alexander Borodin based on the epic poem "The Lay of Igor's Host". The film was directed by Roman Tikhomirov, and shot at the Lenfilm Studios in 1969. [1]

6. Alexander Borodin - Wikipedia

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   Borodin left the opera (and a few other works) incomplete at his death. [30] Prince Igor was completed posthumously by Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. It is set in the 12th century, when the Russians, commanded by Prince Igor of Seversk, determined to conquer the barbarous Polovtsians by travelling eastward across the Steppes. The ...

7. Kismet (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest.

8. Symphony No. 2 (Borodin) - Wikipedia

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   Borodin suddenly decided to abandon Prince Igor in March 1870, criticizing his own inability to write a libretto that would satisfy both musical and scenic requirement. [3] He told his wife, "There is scarcely any drama or scenic movement…

9. Russian opera - Wikipedia

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   Not less important was Aleksandr Borodin’s (1833–1887) Prince Igor – (Knyaz Igor, completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov, 1890). Prolific Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) completed fifteen operas, the most significant achievements of the art of opera in Russia at the end of the century. The most notable of them are: