At one point, the main character of this opera asks his housekeeper Amelfa to guess what he was dreaming about, and to his delight, she succeeds on he
At one point, the main character of this opera asks his housekeeper Amelfa to guess what he was dreaming about, and to his delight, she succeeds on her third try. Early on, another character suggests disbanding the army and then suddenly mobilizing it again to achieve a surprise attack, after which everyone applauds to the comic dismay of General Polkan. Later, a beautiful woman emerges from a tent and sings the "Hymn to the Sun," identifying herself as the Queen of Shemakhan. The opera ends with a clap of thunder after the Astrologer has been killed by King Dodon's scepter, and Dodon himself has been killed by the title creature. Based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin, FTP, name this Rimsky-Korsakov opera about a certain fortune-telling bird.
At one point, the main character of this opera asks his housekeeper Amelfa to guess what he was dreaming about, and to his delight, she succeeds on her third try.
The {Golden Cockerel} (Le {Coq d’Or})