Night on Bald Mountain Baron Georgiy Mengden, a military friend of the composer. In 1860 Mussorgsky informed Balakirev that he had been commissioned to write one act of an opera on this subject: However, as with the previous project, it is unknown whether any materials were written down, and, if so, whether they were transferred to subsequent projects. Rimsky-Korsakov declares in his memoirs ("Chronicle of My Musical Life") that in the early 1860s Mussorgsky, under the influence of Franz Liszt's "Totentanz", had written a version of the "Bald Mountain" music for piano and orchestra. However, it is believed that Mussorgsky did not hear Liszt's
Bare Essence stock villainess obviously modeled on Joan Collins's Alexis in "Dynasty"." Tom Shales of "The Washington Post" wrote that "Bare Essence" "comes up lacking on almost all counts. A better title would be "Bare Minimum"." He praised the female cast members, but noted that "writer-director Walter Grauman has given this talent little to do that isn't ridiculous on the face of it." Bare Essence Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982–1983 season. It starred Genie Francis as Tyger Hayes, and explored the intrigues of the perfume industry. "Bare Essence" first appeared