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  1. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Russian: Сказка о царе Салтане, romanized: Skazka o Tsare Saltane listen ⓘ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue (a total of seven scenes) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin.

  2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his Son the Famous and Mighty Hero Prince Guidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Swan Princess. Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Librettist: V. I. Belsky, after Alexander S. Pushkin. Performance History. Background. Synopsis. Libretto.

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  4. Tsar Saltan overhears three sisters who are confiding to each other their views on the subject of happiness. The youngest, having declared that she would wish nothing better than to become the mother of a hero, is chosen by Saltan for his bride. While he is at the War the jealous sisters plot against the young queen, who with her little son is ...

  5. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay) Movements/Sections. prologue, 4 acts. Composition Year. 1899–1900. Genre Categories. Fairy operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; Related Works. For the concert suite, see The Tale of Tsar Saltan (suite)

  6. Overview. Based on a famous fairy tale, in verse, by Alexander Pushkin, this ravishingly beautiful fantasy is about love, magic, betrayal and abandoned family. Driven from the Russian court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask with her infant son.

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