The 1914 staging of this opera had a set designed by Natalia Gonchorova that contrasted with the production designed by Ivan Bilibin.  
The 1914 staging of this opera had a set designed by Natalia Gonchorova that contrasted with the production designed by Ivan Bilibin.  With a libretto by V.I. Belsky, the most often performed part is "Hymn to the Sun."  In the epilogue, the eunuch Astrologer returns to life to assure the audience that he and the Queen are the only mortals.  The body count includes the death of the Tsar's two sons, as well as the Astrologer, who requests the hand of the Queen of Shemakha.  Based on a Pushkin story, FTP, name this Rimsky-Korsakov opera in which revenge is taken against Tsar Dodon by the titular bird.
The 1914 staging of this opera had a set designed by Natalia Gonchorova that contrasted with the production designed by Ivan Bilibin.  
The Golden Cockerel or Zolotoy Petushok or Le Coq d'Or