The Grand Theatre Published on Apr 26, 2016
The Snow Maiden (subtitle: A Spring Fairy Tale) (Người Nga: Снегурочка–Весенняя сказка, Snegúrochka–Vesennyaya Skazka) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky (which had premiered in 1873 with incidental music by Tchaikovsky).

The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera took place at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 29 Tháng giêng 1882 (THE; 10 February NS) conducted by Eduard Nápravník. Qua 1898 it was revised in the edition known today. It remained the composer’s own favorite work.

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