That prologue also features the deserters-turned-gudok-players Skula and Yeroshka, who ring the bells for the title character's return to Putivl to fight against the khans Gzak and Konchak.
In this work, the chorus laments their home's downfall in 'Oh, it was not a stormy wind that howled.' Two characters sing matching cavatinas, 'The daylight dies' and 'Where art thou, where,' prior to their love duet, though they part when the title character, who is referred to as a 'falcon,' sings 'Nor rest, nor sleep of any kind.' The Mariinsky edition replaced the epilogue chorus 'God heard our prayers' with 'Glory to the multitude of stars,' thus repeating the material that followed the prologue's (*) solar eclipse. That prologue also features the deserters-turned-gudok-players Skula and Yeroshka, who ring the bells for the title character's return to Putivl to fight against the khans Gzak and Konchak. For 10 points, name this opera featuring the Polovtsian March, a work of Alexander Borodin.
In this work, the chorus laments their home's downfall in 'Oh, it was not a stormy wind that howled.'
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