The Tale of the Tsar Saltan, of his Son the Famous and Mighty Hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Swan Princess
Opera in a prologue and four acts
Libretto
Vladimir ivanovich Bel'sky after Aleksandr Pushkin
Premiere
3 November 1900, Moscow (Solodovnikov Theatre)
Cast
TSAR SALTAN (bass)
PRINCESS MILITRISSA (soprano)
PRINCE GVIDON (tenor)
SWAN PRINCESS (soprano)
POVARIKHA (soprano)
TKACHIKHA (mezzo-soprano)
BARBARIKHA (contralto)
CHORUS
nobles, courtiers, nurses, guards, soldiers, sailors, astrologers, squirrel, bumble-bee
Place
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