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On This Day: 115 years ago Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Golden Cockerel" premiered in Moscow

#onthisday , September 24th 1909 (115 years ago) the last of Rimsky-Korsakov's fifteen operas "The Golden Cockerel" was premiered in Moscow.

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This opera was a sharp satire on the Russian monarchy of that time, and the censors were against its production. Due to that the premiere became possible only a year after the composer's death and with significant cuts.


Still, the critics called "The Golden Cockerel" a new type of opera - "artistic satire", and the audience easily read the political references in it.


Follow the link to watch the Bolshoi Theatre production of this opera from 1988.



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