This centenary performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's last opera will appeal to traditional opera audiences and to children with a taste for pantomime It seems extraordinary to modern audiences that ...

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — If your reaction to hearing the name Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is a shrug, even a smirk, you’re not alone. In the West, this 19th-century Russian composer is principally ...

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The composer's early life as a sailor informed his evocative music for Sinbad and other tales from the Arabian Nights. I want to tell you a story…but there’s more to this tale than words! It’s a story ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) is one of the group of 19th century ...

The probable main draw for this weekend's San Francisco Symphony concerts, with Chinese-born New Zealander Tianyi Lu at the ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) is one of the group of 19th century ...

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 ...

Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov/Aida Garifullina/Bolshoi Theatre of Russia/Timur Zangiev Champion of the Russian composer’s operas Dmitri Tcherniakov notches up another with this Bolshoi theme-park staging In ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) is one of the group of 19th century Russian composers known as 'The Mighty Handful'. Born in Tikhvin to a music-loving family, he was destined for a career in the ...