Night on Bald Mountain work until 1866, by which time he was planning the orchestral tone poem "St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain" (see below). No trace of a work for piano and orchestra has survived outside Rimsky-Korsakov's recollections, so it is assumed that the score has been lost, or, more likely, that it never existed. In 1866 Mussorgsky wrote to Balakirev expressing a desire to discuss his plans for "The Witches", his informal name for his "Bald Mountain" music. In early June 1867, he began composing the orchestral version of the piece. The score is inscribed with the following details: Conceived in 1866.
Bare: A Pop Opera Los Angeles and New York productions were both directed by Kristin Hanggi. "Bare" had its Canadian premiere in summer 2009 at the Hart House Theatre, Toronto, produced by WatersEdge Productions Inc. "Bare" had its Sydney premiere in September 2010 at the New Theatre, as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. "Bare" had also been produced in the Philippines by the Ateneo de Manila University in 2009, with the initial run hosted by the undergraduate musical theatre organisation Blue Repertory. A new production of the original version has been produced again in Los Angeles, this time at the Hayworth Theatre. It