Salammbô (Mussorgsky)
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Salammbô is an unfinished opera in four acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The fragmentary Russian language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert, but in
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Gustave Flaubert
Boris Godunov (opera)
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Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its
Salammbô (Mussorgsky)
…Vision of the Peasant Lad, 1880): Several musical themes from this project were recycled and played important roles in the composer's subsequent opera Boris Godunov (1869–1872). The borrowings concern the orchestral accompaniments only, which are fitted to new vocal lines. The correspondence in narrative detail…
The death of Boris in the Faceted Palace from the premiere production
Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826)
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906)