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
Bare Mountain Range (Nevada) the Amargosa Valley along the south edge of the range and turns at Beatty to continue north through Oasis Valley. The highest peak of the range is Bare Mountain, of the same name, at . In the southeast of the range, Wildcat Peak rises to Bare Mountain Range was descriptively named for the bare summits. Bare Mountain Range (Nevada) The Bare Mountain Range is a mountain range in southern Nye County, Nevada, in the United States. Bare Mountain and Wildcat Peak are the high points of the range. The Bare Mountain Range is a short range, about long, trending northwest