This article is about the opera. For the historical figure, see Igor Svyatoslavich. For the Warren G song, see Prince Igor (song). For 1969 filmed version, see Prince Igor (1969 film).
Prince Igor
Opera by Alexander Borodin
Title page of the published score. The text reads: "Prince Igor, opera in 4 acts with a prologue, words and music by A.P. Borodin, subject adapted from The Lay of Igor's Host."
Native title
Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz' Igor'
Librettist
Borodin
Language
Russian
Based on
The Lay of Igor's Host
Premiere
4 November 1890 (1890-11-04)
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Prince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz Igor, listenⓘ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the early Russian epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of the 12th-century prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian") tribes in 1185.[1] He also incorporated material drawn from two medieval Kievan chronicles. The opera was left unfinished upon the composer's death in 1887 and was edited and completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. It was first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890.[2]
^Norris, Stephen M.; Sunderland, Willard (2012). Russia's People of Empire: Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present. Indiana University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-253-00176-4.
^Rzhevsky, Nicholas (5 April 2012). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-107-00252-4.
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