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| Prince Igor | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Alexander Borodin | |
 Title page of the published score. The text reads: "Prince Igor, opera in 4 acts with a prologue, words and music by A.P. Borodin, subject adapted from The Lay of Igor's Host." | |
| Native title | |
| Librettist | Borodin |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | The Lay of Igor's Host |
| Premiere | 4 November 1890 Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg |
Prince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz Igor, ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the early Russian epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of the 12th-century prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian") tribes in 1185.[1] He also incorporated material drawn from two medieval Kievan chronicles. The opera was left unfinished upon the composer's death in 1887 and was edited and completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. It was first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890.[2]
- ^ Norris, Stephen M.; Sunderland, Willard (2012). Russia's People of Empire: Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present. Indiana University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-253-00176-4.
- ^ Rzhevsky, Nicholas (5 April 2012). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-107-00252-4.