To listen to these operas is to enter a magical world. Seriously: Rimsky-Korsakov was the grand master of the Russian fairy tale opera, charmingly characterized, brilliantly colorful, eccentrically constructed theater works that exist in their own truly magical musical world. In this four opera set, two of the four works are based on a Russian fairy tale -- The Snow Maiden and May Night -- one is described as a three-act opera after Pushkin, but it might as well be a fairy tale -- The Golden Cockerel -- one is described as ...
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To listen to these operas is to enter a magical world. Seriously: Rimsky-Korsakov was the grand master of the Russian fairy tale opera, charmingly characterized, brilliantly colorful, eccentrically constructed theater works that exist in their own truly magical musical world. In this four opera set, two of the four works are based on a Russian fairy tale -- The Snow Maiden and May Night -- one is described as a three-act opera after Pushkin, but it might as well be a fairy tale -- The Golden Cockerel -- one is described as a one-act opera that was originally intended to be the equivalent of Das Rheingold in the projected Russian equivalent of Der Ring -- Bayarinya Vera Sheloga. Each one is more delightful than the last, except for the last, which is delightful only until the almost tragic ending. While it is true that none of the performances included here -- two by Stoyan Angelov with the Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and one each by Alexander Lazarev with the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester...
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