BORODIN: Bogatyri Богатыри (Heroes)

BORODIN: Bogatyri Богатыри (Heroes) 18 November. Moscow Text by V. A. Kruilov. Opera-farce. Five acts. Borodin partly composed the music, partly compiled it from operas by Meyerbeer, Rossini, Offenbach, Cavos, Serov, Verdi, etc. (22 numbers altogether); the score was arranged and orchestrated by I. N. Merten and F. F. Buechner . Apart from Prince Igor (see 1890), Borodin’s only work for the stage, a musical satire on Serov’s Rogneda (see 1865), and soon forgotten until 1922 when I. Glyebov…