The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.[1904]. Plate 4882.
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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.(ca.1904). MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4621.
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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. Plate 5726.
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Vocal Scores

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11 more: Preliminaries • Prologue • Introduction to Act I • Act I • Introduction to Act II • Act II • Act III, Scene 1 • Act III, Scene 2 • Act IV, Scene 1 • Introduction to Last Scene • Act IV, Scene 2 (with outside back cover)

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Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.(ca.1901). Plate 4849.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.(ca.1901). Plate 4849.
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Misc. Notes Excerpted from Act III, Scene 1, of the original piano-vocal score.
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Misc. Notes Source: St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (1901). Plate 4849. Typeset to match the IMSLP upload #29126. For comments on this engraving see my account on musescore.com.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)

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Arranger Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848-1919)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.[1901]. Plate 4867-69.
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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1926. Plate H. & S. 6471.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

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General Information

Work Title The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Alternative. Title The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Guidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Swan Princess (Сказка о Царе Салтане, о сыне его славном и могучем богатыре Князе Гвидоне Салтановиче и о прекрасной Царевне Лебеди) ; Fairy-Tale opera
Name Translations サルタン皇帝; Le Conte du tsar Saltan; Сказка о царе Салтане; El cuento del zar Saltán; El conte del tsar Saltan; Tsaari Saltanin tarina; Mese Szaltán cárról; La fiaba dello zar Saltan; Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan; La fóla dal śar Saltan; Bajka o carze Sałtanie; Sagan om tsar Saltan; 薩坦王的故事; 萨坦王的故事; Казка про царя Салтана (опера); Приказната за цар Салтан (опера); Приказка за цар Салтан; Pohádka o caru Saltánovi; סיפורו של הצאר סלטאן; Το παραμύθι του τσάρου Σαλτάν
Name Aliases 皇帝サルタンの物語; Skazka o tsare Saltane; El Zar Saltán; El cuento del zar Saltan; El Zar Saltan; Tsar Saltan; La favola dello zar Saltan; Bajka o carze Sałtanie, jego synu, sławnym i potężnym bohaterze księciu Gwidonie Sałtanowiczu i o pęknej Księżniczce-Łabędziu; Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan, von seinem Sohn, dem ruhmreichen und mächtigen Recken Fürst Gwidon Saltanowitsch, und von der wunderschönen Schwanenzarefna; Skaska o zare Saltane
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177636411; LCCN: n80125016; GND: 300130953; BNF: 13917931s
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INR 79
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's prologue, 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1899–1900
First Performance. 1900-11-03 in Moscow: Solodovnikov Theatre
Nikolay Mutin (Tsar Saltan)
Yelena Tsvetkova (Tsaritsa Militrisa)
Aleksandra Rostovtseva (Tkachikha)
Adelaida Veretennikova (Povarikha)
Varvara Strakhova (Babarikha)
Anton Sekar-Rozhansky (Tsarevich Gvidon)
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Tsarevna Swan-Bird)
Vasily Schafer (Old Grandfather)
Nikolay Shevelyov (Courier)
Mikhail Levandovsky (Skomorokh)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (conductor)
First Publication. 1901-04 – St. Petersburg: Bessel.
  • Vocal score, 281 pages. Plate 4849. (1901)
  • Full score, 462 pages (lithographed from a manuscript). Plate 4882. (1904)
Librettist Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946), after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
Language Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2.5 hours
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Tsar Saltan - Царь Салтан (bass)
Tsaritsa Militrisa - Царица Милитриса (soprano)
Tkachikha - Ткачиха (mezzo-soprano)
Povarikha - Повариха (soprano)
Babarikha - Бабариха (contralto)
Tsarevich Gvidon - Царевич Гвидон (tenor)
Tsarevna Swan-Bird - Царевна Лебедь (soprano)
Old Grandfather - Старый дед (tenor)
Courier - Гонец (baritone)
Skomorokh - Скоморох (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Nobles, Courtiers, Nurses, Guards, Soldiers,
Sailors, Astrologers, Squirrel, Bumble-bee

Orchestra:

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn
3 clarinets (3rd also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, triangle, tam-ta
snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum
celesta, 2 harps, strings

Offstage Instruments

3 trumpets, bells, bass drum
Related Works For the concert suite, see The Tale of Tsar Saltan (suite)
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