A Life for the Tsar
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A Life for the Tsar is a 19th-century Russian opera by Mikhail Glinka that is often regarded as the first great Russian national opera.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century opera
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Russian opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ivan Susanin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Жизнь за царя NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Ivan Susanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mikhail Glinka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Polish dances
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Russian folk-style melodies ⓘ patriotic choruses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1836-11-27 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Tsar Nicholas I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraOfComposition | 1830s ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceBy | Imperial Theatres of Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
national opera
ⓘ
romantic opera ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Modest Mussorgsky
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
final chorus glorifying the tsar
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overture ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Russian opera ⓘ |
| librettist |
Mikhail Glinka
NERFINISHED
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Nestor Kukolnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Zhukovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ivan Susanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Russian national school ⓘ |
| notableAria | Susanin’s monologues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Russian folk elements into opera
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strong patriotic and monarchist themes ⓘ |
| notableNumber | chorus "Slavsya" (Glory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere | Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredIn |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardedAs | first great Russian national opera ⓘ |
| setting |
Time of Troubles
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early 17th-century Russia ⓘ |
| structure | 4 acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
defense of the Russian state
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patriotism ⓘ self-sacrifice for the tsar ⓘ |
| timeRequired | approximately 3 hours ⓘ |
| titleInRussian | «Жизнь за царя» NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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