Which Russian composer 1844-1908, wrote the operas 'The Snow Maiden' and 'The Golden Cockerel'?
The Golden Cockerel the English composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji wrote ""Il gallo d’oro" da Rimsky-Korsakov: variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e perversa". Audio Recordings ("Mainly studio recordings", unless otherwise indicated) Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk The Golden Cockerel The Golden Cockerel (, "Zolotoy petushok") is an opera in three acts, with short prologue and even shorter epilogue, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Its libretto written by Vladimir Belsky derives from Alexander Pushkin's 1834 poem "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel". The opera was completed in 1907 and premiered in 1909 in Moscow, after the composer's death. Outside Russia it has often been performed in French
The Golden Cockerel staged a new production of "The Golden Cockerel" on 25 December 2014, with Valery Gergiev as conductor. The stage director and costume designer was Anna Matison. The opera was presented in Russian during the 2015 winter season by the Sarasota Opera conducted by Ekhart Wycik, with set designs by David P. Gordon, and featuring Grigory Soloviov as Tsar Dodon, Alexandra Batsios as the Tsaritsa of Shemakha, Timur Bekbosunov at the Astrologer, and Riley Svatos as the Golden Cockerel. De Munt/La Monnaie staged a new production in Brussels in December 2016. This was a co-production with the Teatro Real of Madrid