opera Ruslan and Lyudmila

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The opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" is a five-act fairy-tale opera by Mikhail Glinka, based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name and considered a landmark work in Russian classical music.

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instanceOf fairy-tale opera
opera
author Alexander Pushkin
basedOn poem Ruslan and Lyudmila
composer Mikhail Glinka
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstPerformanceCity Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
genre opera
romantic opera
hasTitleInRussian Руслан и Людмила
linked to: Ruslan and Ludmila
influenced Alexander Borodin
Modest Mussorgsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Five (Mighty Handful)
language Russian
librettist Konstantin Bakhturin
Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Glinka (adaptation from Pushkin)
linked to: Mikhail Glinka

Nestor Kukolnik
Nikolai Kukolnik
Valerian Shirkov
Vladimir Sollogub
Yegor Rosen
mainCharacter Chernomor
Finn
Lyudmila
linked to: Ludmila

Prince Vladimir
Ratmir
Ruslan
movement Russian classical music
notableFor landmark work in Russian classical music
notablePart Chernomor’s march
Finn’s aria
Ratmir’s romance
linked to: Ruslan and Ludmila

overture
numberOfActs 5
orchestration full symphony orchestra
originalNetwork Imperial Theatres
premiereDate 1842-12-09
premierePlace Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg
setting Kiev
linked to: Kyiv

ancient Rus
structure overture and five acts
style Russian national opera
subjectMatter Slavic mythology
abduction and rescue of Lyudmila
heroic quest
timePeriod Romantic era
vocalForces soloists, chorus, and orchestra

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Ruslan and Ludmila adaptedAs opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
Mikhail Glinka composed opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
linked to: opera Ruslan and Lyudmila