#sadko

[russianfolklore]

Vladimir Pertsov's illustration for russian bylina "Sadko".

[vintage-russia]

Russian opera singer Sofya Gladkaya with a choir of girls in the opera "Sadko",Saint Petersburg (1901)

[phantomrin]

Inktober.

Day 21 - Volkhova.

[whispersobliviate]

Lidiya Vertinskaya , Sadko 1952

[mythical-art]

Sadko by Ilya Efimovich Repin (1876, oil on canvas)

[opera-ghosts]

On this postcard from 1899 we see the tenor Anton Sekar-Roschansky (1863-1952) as Iwan Lykow in the world premiere the opera “The Tsar's Bride” by N. Rimski-Korsakow. The performance took place in the Russian private opera in the Solodownimov Theater in Moscow. The singer was one of the most important voices at that time and also sang the title role in the world premiere of the opera “Sadko” by the same composer in 1898.

[fleetshotter-minstrel]

Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was born on this day 180 years ago, 18 March, 1844.

[movieposters1]

[screenshotingmonstercinema]

[zingaplanet]

Here's that one sound from heaven you've heard once upon a time you've spent your life trying to find again

[irisforest]

ilya repin (1844-1930)

sadko in the underwater kingdom, 1876

[dramajunkyy]

Sadko In The Underwater Kingdom (detail) by Ilja Repin.

[vintage-russia]

Russian opera singer Sofya Gladkaya with a choir of girls in the opera "Sadko",Saint Petersburg (1901)

[loiladadiani]

"Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom," Ilya Repin, 1876

This painting was commissioned by Alexander III, and it is based on a "bylina," which is a type of Russian epic poem; the genre is very, very old (going back to the 12th century.) The painting depicts one of the "scenes" of the "bylina", where the merchant and musician Sadko, must choose one of the daughters of the "Underwater King" to marry (there is a lot more to the story.)

Rimsky-Korsakoff went on to write an opera based on the tale, which is beloved in Russia. Ilya Repin was invited to join the Russian Academy of Arts because of this work.

Today, the painting is at The State Russian Museum, formerly the Russian Museum of His Majesty Alexander III.

[lizzys-collection]

Anisfeld, Boris Israelevich, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Sadko, The New York Public Library, 1911.

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Sadko (1876 / oil on canvas) | Ilya Repin