May Night (Russian: Майская ночь, Majskaja noch) is a comic opera in three acts, four scenes, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a libretto by the composer and is based on Nikolai Gogol's story May Night, or the Drowned Maiden, from his collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka.
Librettist | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Based on "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" by Nikolai Gogol) |
Date of composition | 1879 (1878-1879) |
Premiered | 1880, January 21st (Mariinsky Theatre) in Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Type | Opera |
Spoken language | Russian |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Bass) - Village-Head (Mayor) Voice (Tenor) - Levko, Mayor's son Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Mayor's sister-in-law Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - (Ganna) Hanna Voice (Bass) - Clerk Voice (Tenor) - Distiller Voice (Bass) - Kalenik Voice (Soprano) - Pannochka, rusalka Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Brood-Hen, rusalka Voice (Soprano) - Raven, rusalka Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Stepmother, rusalka Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; Lads, lasses, village police, rusalki (drowned maidens) |
Autotranslations beta |
Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov: May Night Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov: May Night Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow: May Night |