| Ruslan and Lyudmila | |
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| Opera by Mikhail Glinka | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ruslan_i_Lyudmila_(Gutheil).jpg) Title page of a score (A. Gutheil, Moscow, 1885) | |
| Native title | Russian: Руслан и Людмила |
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| Language | Russian |
| Based on | Ruslan and Ludmila by Alexander Pushkin |
| Premiere | 27 November 1842 Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg |
Ruslan and Lyudmila (Russian: Руслан и Людмила, romanized: Ruslán i Lyudmíla ) is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842.
The libretto was written in Russian by Valerian Shirkov, with minor contributions by Mykola Markevych, Nestor Kukolnik, and the composer based on the 1820 narrative poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin had planned to write the libretto himself but died in a duel before he could do so.[1]
Today, the best-known music from the opera is its overture.
- ^ Taruskin, Richard (2002), "Ruslan and Lyudmila [Ruslan i Lyudmila]", Grove Music Online, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O005029