Skaska o zare Saltane

from Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow


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

Time

Composer

Rimski-Korsakow, Nikolai