Sadko

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Sadko is a Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on a medieval Novgorod bylina about a gusli player and his fantastical adventures with the Sea Tsar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
acts 1
basedOn Novgorod bylina about Sadko
Russian folk epic
catalogueNumber Op. 5 (sometimes unnumbered in Rimsky-Korsakov’s catalogue)
character Indian Guest
Lyubava
Nezhata
Sea Tsar
Venetian Guest
Viking Guest
Volkhova
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
compositionEndYear 1896
compositionStartYear 1894
countryOfOrigin Russia
featuresCharacter Sea Tsar
genre fantasy opera
opera
hasPart epilogue
prologue
involves ballet
chorus
librettist Alexei Lyadov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s wife Nadezhda Purgold
Nikolai Shtrup
Vladimir Belsky
mainCharacter Sadko
mainCharacterOccupation gusli player
movementFrom Russian nationalist music tradition
notableAria Song of the Indian Guest
linked to: Song of India

Song of the Venetian Guest
Song of the Viking Guest
orchestration large orchestra
originalLanguage Russian
premiereCity Moscow
premiereCompany Private Russian Opera of Savva Mamontov
premiereConductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
premiereCountry Russian Empire
premiereDate 1897-12-07
premierePlace Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow
relatedWork Sadko (symphonic poem by Rimsky-Korsakov)
linked to: Sadko
setting Novgorod
structure 7 scenes
theme fantastical adventures
fate and destiny
sea voyage
wealth and fortune

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GAZ Group brand Sadko
Ilya Repin notableWork Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom
linked to: Sadko
Song of India basedOn Sadko
Sadko mainCharacter Sadko
Sadko relatedWork Sadko (symphonic poem by Rimsky-Korsakov)
linked to: Sadko