The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya
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Opera: Work details
| Composer: |
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Librettist: |
Vladimir Nikolayevich Bel'sky |
| Work definition: |
Opera in four acts |
| Title notes: |
Russian title: Skazaniye o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii |
| Based on: |
Based on the Kitezh Chronicle of I S Meledin, the novel 'V lesakh' by Pavel Ivanovich Mel'nikov, songs and epics collected by Kirsha Danilov and several traditional tales, including 'The Life of Peter, Prince of Murom, and his Wife Fevroniya'. |
| Language: |
Russian |
| Notes: |
First given at Covent Garden as a concert performance, in Russian.
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| World premiere: |
7 February 1907, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg |
| ROH premiere: |
30 March 1926, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |