The story follows a Russian fairy tale, and includes a disappearing castle, golden fruit, an evil magician that imprisons beautiful maidens, and a hero to rescue the maidens.
The story follows a Russian fairy tale, and includes a disappearing castle, golden fruit, an evil magician that imprisons beautiful maidens, and a hero to rescue the maidens. The composer was hired by Sergei Diaghilev a few years after the composer's teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov, died. With choreography of Fokine, dancing of Madame Fokine and Karsavina, and designs by Bakst, it quickly became known as a masterpiece. FTP, what is this 1910 ballet, the first significant musical work by Igor Stravinsky?
The story follows a Russian fairy tale, and includes a disappearing castle, golden fruit, an evil magician that imprisons beautiful maidens, and a hero to rescue the maidens.
The {Firebird} (or L'Oiseau de feu)