The action in this work is foreshadowed by the songs of Bayan.
The action in this work is foreshadowed by the songs of Bayan. One character sings the cavatina "O splendid star of love" after being abandoned by her true love, who is distracted by Persian slave girls while searching for one title character. Farlaf sings the rondo "My hour of triumph is near" after being promised aid from former beauty and current hag Naina, who had been spurned by the magician Finn. A sleep-dispelling ring, a sword obtained from a giant head, and the knowledge that a sorcerer's strength is in his beard help the hero rescue his true love and Kievan princess from the dwarf Chernomor. FTP name this opera composed after A Life for the Tsar and based on a Pushkin poem, composed by Mikhail Glinka.
The action in this work is foreshadowed by the songs of Bayan.
Ruslan and Lyudmila or Ruslan i Lyudmila