The Russian Mood Volume 3

We, the translators Elena Levin and James Vendeland, would like to comment on why we selected the specific Russian operas included in our Volume III of "The Russian Mood". All three operas are not well known by English speaking audiences but were very familiar to Russian listeners at the time they were created. Most Russian operas are based upon three themes. They are: folktales, fairy tales, and historical events or characters. In this volume, we have presented one opera on each of these t...