Night on Bald Mountain 25 December 1858, has been interpreted as an indication of Mussorgsky's intent to write an opera on the subject of Gogol's short story "St. John's Eve" (, "Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala", "St. John's Eve"). Gogol's tale contains the elements of witchcraft common to other stories in the "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" collection, but does not feature a witches' sabbath. No further plans for this project were mentioned. The theme of a witches' sabbath, the central theme in all subsequent "Night on Bald Mountain" projects, appears to have been derived from the nonextant play "The Witch" (, "Ved′ma") by
Ray Bare up. This game also ended a 19-game losing streak for the Tigers. Bare returned to the Tigers starting lineup in 1976 with a 7–8 record and 3.70 ERA in 134 innings. On April 18, Bare got a win in his first start of the season, a 6–2 decision over the Angels. In his next start, Bare gave up six runs in 6 innings on April 23, then was crushed by the White Sox, 8–4, on April 30, giving up five earned runs in four innings. Then, after two poor starts, Bare pitched the best game of his career on May