The hero of this musical work discovers thirteen maidens playing with golden apples in a garden and falls for one of them, but he is warned not to pursue her because of their captor, who turns men into stone.
The hero of this musical work discovers thirteen maidens playing with golden apples in a garden and falls for one of them, but he is warned not to pursue her because of their captor, who turns men into stone. That monster, the ogre Kastchei, is destroyed when the egg holding his soul is shattered by Ivan, who defeats Kastchei's minions after using a feather to invoke the help of the titular creature. For 10 points, name this ballet by Igor Stravinsky.
The hero of this musical work discovers thirteen maidens playing with golden apples in a garden and falls for one of them, but he is warned not to pursue her because of their captor, who turns men into stone.
The {Firebird} [or L'{Oiseau de feu}]