Song of India(from Sadko)
Composer:
Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Genre: Classical
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Sara
Description:
Premiered in Moscow in 1898,in seven scenes the opera tells the tale of Sadko, who plays the gusli,an ancient Russian multi-string plucked instrument,and amasses a fortune on his foreigh travels.This is one of three arias that fit into the plot as replies by foreigh merchants to questions about what their respective countries are like.
by: Sara