General Information
| Work Title
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Christmas Eve
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| Alternative. Title
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Ночь перед Рождеством
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| Name Translations
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クリスマス・イヴ; La noche de Navidad; La notte prima di Natale; Noc wigilijna; Nit de Nadal; Die Nacht vor Weihnachten; Julnatten
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| Name Aliases
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Weihnacht; Sonnenwendnacht (Ukrainische Dorfsage); Notsch pered Roschdestwom
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| Authorities
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| Composer
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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INR 9
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Movements/SectionsMov’ts/Sec’s
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4 acts, 9 tableaux
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1894–95
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| First Performance.
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1895-12-10 in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
- Mariya Piltz (Empress)Vladimir Mayboroda (Mayor)Mikhail Koryakin (Chub)Yevgeniya Mravina (Oksana)Mariya Kamenskaya (Solokha)Ivan Yershov (Vakula)Fyodor Stravinsky (Panas)Grigory Ugrinovich (Deacon)Nikolay Klimov (Patsyuk)Mitrofan Chuprynnikov (Devil)Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1895 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff.
- Full score. Plate 1087.Orchestral parts. Plate 1088.Choral parts. Plate 1089.Solo voice parts. Plate 1090.Vocal score. Plate 1091.
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| Librettist
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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), after Nikolay Gogol (1809–1852)
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| Language
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Primarily Russian; some Ukrainian and Russian Church Slavonic
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
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Cast
- Empress / Царица (mezzo-soprano)Mayor / Голова (baritone)Chub / Чуб (bass)Oksana / Оксана (soprano)Solokha / Солоха (contralto)Vakula / Вакула (tenor)Panas / Панас (bass)Deacon / Дьяк (tenor)Patsyuk / Пацюк (bass)Devil / Чёрт (tenor)
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Mixed Chorus (SATB)Orchestra
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| Related Works
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See also the Suite of four extracts from the opera (1903).
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
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| Extra Information
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Vocal score arranged by Rimsky-Korsakov and his wife Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.
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Navigation etc.
| Operas by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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- The Maid of Pskov (1868-72, rev. 1876-77, 1891-92, 1898-1901)
- Mlada (1872) — portions of Acts II and III(music reused by composer in later stage works)
- May Night (1878-79)
- The Snow Maiden (1880-81, rev. ca.1895)
- Mlada (1889-90)
- Christmas Eve (1894-95)
- The Barber of Baghdad (1895, unfinished)
- Sadko (1895–96)
- Mozart and Salieri, Op.48 (1897)
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- The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga, Op.54 (1898)
- The Tsar’s Bride (1898)
- The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1899-1900)
- Servilia (1900–01)
- Stenka Razin (1900-01, unfinished)
- Kashchey the Immortal (1901-02, rev. 1906)
- Pan Voyevoda (1902-03)
- The Invisible City of Kitezh (1903-04)
- Heaven and Earth (1905, unfinished)
- The Golden Cockerel (1906-07)
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