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

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Ambox notice.pngFor the concert suite from this work, see The Tale of Tsar Saltan (suite), Op.57.


Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Prologue and 4 acts
Composition Year 1899–1900
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical 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; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 flutes (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For oboe, piano (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)
Related Works See also the orchestral suite from the opera (Op.57)

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Performances

Naxos

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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)

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Publisher Info. Jürgen Knuth
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

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Editor Alan Chen
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Misc. Notes "Revised edition"
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Preliminaries
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⇒ 10 more: 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)

 Prologue
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 Introduction to Act I
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 Act I
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 Introduction to Act II
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 Act II
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 Act III, Scene 1
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 Act III, Scene 2
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 Act IV, Scene 1
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 Introduction to Last Scene
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 Act IV, Scene 2 (with outside back cover)
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Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (1901). Plate 4849.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Censor's date 13 July 1900, 1910 copyright claim.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

For Voice and Piano (Rimsky-Korsakov)

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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Introduction (Act II)

For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)

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Carolus (2011/1/13)

Arranger Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848-1919) - not credited
Publisher. Info. St. Peterburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1901). Plate 4868.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)

For 2 Flutes (Maravillas)

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For Oboe and Piano (Siguir)

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Daphnis (2011/1/18)

Arranger Paul Siguir
Publisher. Info. Paris: W. Bessel, n.d.(ca.1929). Plate W. 8407 B.
Reprinted Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. (ca.2000). Catalog 8599.
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For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)

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Daphnis (2007/5/22)

Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1931. Plate P.1923.
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Guifre (2007/8/19)

Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, n.d. (ca.1960).
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Funper (2006/4/19)

Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Publisher. Info. Izbrannie pesy dlia fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, 1970.
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Misc. Notes The "Op.15 No.2" is for a song transcription. Low resolution!
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Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
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The Three Wonders (Act IV)

For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)

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Publisher. Info. St. Peterburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1901). Plate 4849.
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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)
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 and 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1899–1900
First Performance. 1900-11-03 – 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 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Vocal score, 281 pages. Plate 4849.
1904 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Full score, 462 pages (lithographed from a manuscript). Plate 4882.
Librettist Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946), after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: 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)
Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons/contrabassoon + 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, percussion + 2 harps, strings
Related Works See also the orchestral suite from the opera (Op.57)
External Links Wikipedia article
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