Longing both to love and be loved, the title character prays to her mother, the Fairy Spring, to be able to return the affection of Misgir, a request that is granted, but when she is about to marry him her heart is melted by a ray from the sun god Yarilo and dies, leading to Misgir's suicide.
Set during the reign of the Tsar Berendey, the opera features the wealthy youth Misgir, whose love of the title character cannot console her after she is repeatedly rejected by the shepherd Lehl, who in turn loves Misgir's betrothed Kupava. Longing both to love and be loved, the title character prays to her mother, the Fairy Spring, to be able to return the affection of Misgir, a request that is granted, but when she is about to marry him her heart is melted by a ray from the sun god Yarilo and dies, leading to Misgir's suicide. Such are the events in, FTP, what opera about the daughter of Spring and Winter whose words and music were composed by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov?
Set during the reign of the Tsar Berendey, the opera features the wealthy youth Misgir, whose love of the title character cannot console her after she is repeatedly rejected by the shepherd Lehl, who in turn loves Misgir's betrothed Kupava.
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)