The Golden Cockerel (Russian: Золотой петушок, Zolotoy petushok) is an opera in three acts, with short prologue and even shorter epilogue, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Its libretto, by Vladimir Belsky, derives from Alexander Pushkin's 1834 poem The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, which in turn is based on two chapters of Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving. The opera was completed in 1907 and premiered in 1909 in Moscow, after the composer's death. Outside Russia it has often been performed in French as Le coq d'or.
Date of composition | 1908 (Compiled by A. Glazunov and M. Shteynberg (Steinberg) after composer's death) |
Type | Symphony |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov: Four Musical Pictures from the Opera The Golden Cockerel Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov: Four Musical Pictures from the Opera The Golden Cockerel Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow: Four Musical Pictures from the Opera The Golden Cockerel |