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| Sadko | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | |
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| Native title | Russian: Садко |
| Librettist | Rimsky-Korsakov Vladimir Belsky Vladimir Stasov |
| Language | Russian |
| Premiere | 7 January 1898 Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow |
Sadko (Russian: Садко, romanized: Sadkó , the name of the main character) is an 1898 opera in seven scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky, Vladimir Stasov, and others.[1] Rimsky-Korsakov was first inspired by the bylina of Sadko in 1867, when he completed a tone poem on the subject, his Op. 5. After finishing his second revision of this work in 1891, he decided to turn it into a dramatic work.[2]
The music is highly evocative, and Rimsky-Korsakov's famed powers of orchestration are abundantly evident throughout the score. According to the Soviet critic Boris Asafyev, writing in 1922,[3] Sadko constitutes the summit of Rimsky-Korsakov's craft. From the opus 5 tone poem the composer quoted its most memorable passages, including the opening theme of the swelling sea,[1] and other themes as leitmotives[4] – he himself set out to "utilize for this opera the material of my symphonic poem, and, in any event, to make use of its motives as leading motives for the opera".[5]
- ^ a b Taruskin 1997
- ^ Abraham, Gerald. Rimsky Korsakov – A Short Biography. Duckworth, London, 1945, pp. 87–88.
- ^ Quoted in Morrison 2001, p. 263
- ^ Abraham, pp. 96–97.[incomplete short citation]
- ^ Rimsky-Korsakoff 1924, p. 292.