Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - autor

5 Song and dance of the birds (Chorus of Birds/Spring Fairy) 3 086 Ah, it is snowing! (Chorus of Birds/Spring Fairy) 0 357 When the cold cracks the roofs and walls (King Frost) 3 188 Recitative: Your holiday has lasted long enough (Spring...

First Tableau 1 Dni byez prosveta (Princess/Kashchey) 9 11 2 Ya vizhu dyevu krasoti chudyesnoi (Princess/Kashchey/Storm Knight) 4 08 3 Arioso: Tyomni yeyo ochki (Princess/Kashchey) 3 22 4 Chorus of the Tempete de Neige/Interlude: Vy, gusli...

Like Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov was not set on a career as a composer until he too met with Mili Balakirev, who made him abandon his career as a midshipman in the Imperial Russian Navy. Just as well he did switch direction, as his...

Rimsky-Korsakovs tenth opera, The Tsars Bride moves away from the fairytale tableaux-style of opera in which he had triumphed. This is a grand narrative in the Verdian style. That said, the musical language is unmistakably Russian, with a motif...

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov showed musical promise as a child, but the pursuit of a Naval career meant that much of his grounding in musical theory was gained in between various tours of duty. Although best known in the Western world for...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) composed his comic opera May Night in 1878-9, at a time when he was fascinated in the stories for the supernatural and the fantastic. It was also at this time that he had been appointed to a teaching role at the...

As was tradition in his family, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov trained to be a naval cadet. He continued to compose throughout his years in service and was appointed Professor of Composition and...