Biographical film about the composer Rimskiy-Korsakov. Belongs to the gallery of costume historical and biographical films of the postwar cinema of the Soviet Union. The film tells about the last two ...

Antonio Salieri must be the most maligned composer in history. Rumours spread after Mozart's death that he had been poisoned by Salieri (without a shred of evidence beyond letters from Mozart to his ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Rimsky-Korsakov's short opera, Mozart and ...

If Cecil B. DeMille had taken it into his head to create a big-budget extravaganza on Russian-pagan themes with a score by Wagner and a host of visual and sound effects, the result might be something ...

In its full nationalistic stride, the Soviet Union last week got around to honoring the man who did more than any other to make Russian music Russian—genial, bush-bearded Nikolai Andreievich ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

As if the idyllic setting in a stunning Alpine valley weren't enough, cellist Mischa Maisky had to add more beauty to the mix, by playing some of his native Russian songs on cello. He's joined by ...

Some of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's works never saw the light of day in his lifetime. The Quintet in B-flat for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Piano is one of them. It was composed in 1876, but not ...