One character in this opera sings "According to the law? What does that word mean?," which was among the reasons that official censors banned this opera during its composer's lifetime.
One character in this opera sings "According to the law? What does that word mean?," which was among the reasons that official censors banned this opera during its composer's lifetime. A trumpet call that juxtaposes the triads of D flat and E major represents the title being of this opera. In its epilogue, one character reassures the audience that the opera's events were merely an illusion. Ivan Bilibin designed sets for the premiere of this opera, whose musical highlight is the second act "Hymn to the Sun." This opera, in part a satire on the disastrous conduct of the recent Russo-Japanese war, and indirectly based on Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra, includes a difficult tenor altino role for the eunuch Astrologer, who verbalizes his desire for the Queen of Shemakha. In this opera, King Dodon decides to attack Shemakha after hearing the prophetic crowing of the title creature. For 10 points, name this Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov opera based on a Pushkin fairy tale about a magic bird.
One character in this opera sings "According to the law? What does that word mean?," which was among the reasons that official censors banned this opera during its composer's lifetime.
The Golden Cockerel [or Zolotoy petushok; or Le coq d'Or]