The Invisible City of Kitezh (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

For the concert suite from this work, see The Invisible City of Kitezh (suite).

		Movements/Sections 4 acts Composition Year 1903–04 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (8)

Vocal Scores

 Preliminaries - Act I
*#225717 - 7.63MB, 63 (v, #5-62) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/17 - 630x⇩

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 Act II
*#225718 - 9.33MB, 79 (#63-141) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/17 - 270x⇩

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 Act III
*#225719 - 11.67MB, 96 (#142-237) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/17 - 184x⇩

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 Act IV
*#225720 - 11.43MB, 89 (#238-326) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/17 - 161x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/5/28)

Language:

Russian

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1906. Plate 2613.

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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 Introduction and Act I, with preliminaries and editor's preface
*#30295 - 6.25MB, 85 (#[i]-xvi, [1]-66) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V*/V*/17* - 1466x⇩

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Lyle Neff (2009/4/9)

 Act II
*#30296 - 4.84MB, 82 (#[67]-[148]) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V*/V*/17* - 713x⇩

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 Act III
*#30297 - 6.07MB, 98 (#[149]-246) pp. -  9.9/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V*/V*/17* - 715x⇩

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 Act IV, with contents and colophon
*#30298 - 7.42MB, 117 (#[247]-361) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V*/V*/17* - 694x⇩

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Lyle Neff (2009/4/9)

Editor:

Georgy Kirkor (1910–1980)

Language:

Russian

Publisher Info.:

N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov: Complete Collected Works, vol.42 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate M. 29462 Г.

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	The Invisible City of Kitezh
Alternative Title	The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya (Сказание о невидимом граде Китеже и деве Февронии)

Composer	Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
Movements/Sections	4 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1903–04
First Performance	1907-02-20 – St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre: Ivan Filippov (Prince Yuriy Vsevolodovich), Andrey Labinsky (Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich), Mariya Kuznetsova-Benois (Fevroniya), Ivan Yershov (Grishka Kuterma), Vasiliy Sharonov (Fyodor Poyarok), Mariya Markovich (Page), Vladimir Kastorsky (gusli player), Grigory Ugrinovich (bear handler), Nikolay Markevich (lead-singer), Ivan Grigorovich (Bedyay), Konstantin Serebryakov (Burunday), Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Sirin), Yevgeniya Zbruyeva (Alkonost), Feliks Blumenfeld (conductor)
First Publication	1906 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff
Librettist	Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946)
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: Prince Yury Vsevolodovich (Князь Юрий Всеволодович) (bass) ; Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich (Княжич Всеволод Юрьевич) (tenor) ; Fevoroniya (Феврония) (soprano) ; Grishka Kuterma (Гришка Кутерьма) (tenor) ; Fyodor Poyarok (Федор Поярок) (baritone) ; Page (Отрок) (mezzo-soprano) ; Two Gentleman (tenor and бас) ; Gusli Player (Гусляр) (bass) ; Bear Handler (Медведчик) (tenor) ; Lead Singer (Нищий-запевало) (baritone) ; Bedyay (Бедяй) (bass) ; Burunday (Бурундай) (bass) ; Sirin (Сирин) (soprano) ; Alkonost (Алконост) (contralto) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra:
Related Works	See also the concert suite arranged from this work by Rimsky-Korsakov (1907).
External Links	Wikipedia article