Polovtsian Dances
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The Polovtsian Dances, or Polovetsian Dances, form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor.
Portrait of Alexander Borodin by Ilya Repin, 1888
Prince Igor
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Prince Igor is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin.
Polovtsian Dances
…Polovetsian Dances (Russian: Половецкие пляски, romanized: Polovetskie plyaski), form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor. The opera remained unfinished when the composer died in 1887, although he had worked on it for more than a decade. A performing version was prepared…
Title page of the published score. The text reads: "Prince Igor, opera in 4 acts with a prologue, words and music by A.P. Borodin, subject adapted from The Lay of Igor's Host."
Konstantin Korovin's costume design for Igor in the production of Prince Igor at the Mariinsky Theatre, 1909
Scene design by Ivan Bilibin (1930)