The Tsar’s Bride

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The Tsar’s Bride is a late-19th-century Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, known for its dark tale of jealousy and intrigue at the court of Ivan the Terrible and its richly lyrical, folk-influenced score.

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The Tsar Maiden 1
The Tsar’s Bride canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
basedOn play by Lev Mei ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 57 ⓘ
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
era late Romantic period ⓘ
firstPerformanceCompany Private Russian Opera (Moscow) ⓘ
firstPublisher Bessel ⓘ
genre Russian opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
romantic opera ⓘ
hasBaritoneRole Gryaznoy ⓘ
hasBassRole Sobakin ⓘ
hasFemaleLeadRole Marfa ⓘ
hasMezzoSopranoRole Lyubasha ⓘ
hasSubject Oprichniki (Ivan the Terrible’s guards) ⓘ
linked to: Oprichnina
hasTenorRole Lykov ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted Ivan the Terrible ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
librettist Il’ya Tyumenev ⓘ
musicalStyle folk-influenced ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ
narrativeTheme intrigue ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
poisoning ⓘ
notableAria “Sumnïy den” (Marfa’s mad scene) ⓘ
notableCharacter Grigory Gryaznoy ⓘ
Lykov ⓘ
Lyubasha ⓘ
Marfa Sobakina ⓘ
Sobakin ⓘ
notableFor dark dramatic plot ⓘ
integration of folk elements into classical form ⓘ
psychological characterization ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
partOf Russian operatic repertoire ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 19th century ⓘ
premiereDate 1899-10-22 (O.S.) ⓘ
premierePlace Moscow ⓘ
premiereTheatre Solodovnikov Theatre ⓘ
setting Russia ⓘ
court of Ivan the Terrible ⓘ
structure four acts ⓘ
styleCharacteristic colorful orchestration ⓘ
rich lyricism ⓘ
use of Russian folk idioms ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 16th century ⓘ

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov → notableWork → The Tsar’s Bride ⓘ
Marina Tsvetaeva → notableWork → The Tsar Maiden ⓘ
linked to: The Tsar’s Bride