Christmas Eve (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

Ambox notice.pngFor the concert suite from this work, see Christmas Eve (suite).


Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts, 9 tableaux
Composition Year 1894–95
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language
Related Works See also the Suite of four extracts from the opera (1903).

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#32505 - 21.83MB, 296 (iv, 292) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2460×⇩ - Carolus

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Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plates 1087 1091 (preliminaries),
1091 (score), 1291–1299 (additional numbers for 9 selections).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Includes color scan of chromolithograph title-page
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 Preliminaries and Act I, Tableau 1
#21522 - 6.87MB, 39 (i-ii, #1-37) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1291×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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⇒ 8 more: Act 1, Tableau 2 • Act II, Tableau 3 • Act II, Tableau 4 • Act III, Tableau 5 • Act III, Tableau 6 • Act III, Tableau 7 • Act III, Tableau 8 • Act IV, Tableau 9

 Act 1, Tableau 2
#21523 - 6.02MB, 36 (#38-73) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 675×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act II, Tableau 3
#21524 - 7.24MB, 43 (#74-116) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 375×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act II, Tableau 4
#21525 - 8.98MB, 60 (#117-176) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 355×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act III, Tableau 5
#21526 - 2.20MB, 13 (#177-189) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 374×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act III, Tableau 6
#21527 - 3.26MB, 23 (#190-212) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 416×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act III, Tableau 7
#21528 - 4.26MB, 28 (#213-240) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 427×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act III, Tableau 8
#21529 - 2.34MB, 13 (#241-253) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 359×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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 Act IV, Tableau 9
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plates 1087 1091 (preliminaries),
1091 (score), 1291–1299 (additional numbers for 9 selections)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This copy lacks covers and title page; some pencil marks translate names of characters and captions.
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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1981. Plate 11092.
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General Information

Work Title Christmas Eve
Alternative. Title Ночь перед Рождеством
Name Translations クリスマス・イヴ; La noche de Navidad; La notte prima di Natale; Noc wigilijna; Nit de Nadal; Die Nacht vor Weihnachten; Julnatten; Božični večer
Name Aliases Weihnacht; Sonnenwendnacht (Ukrainische Dorfsage); Notsch pered Roschdestwom
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179029395; LCCN: n82165269; GND: 300272553
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INR 9
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts, 9 tableaux
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1894–95
First Performance. 1895-12-10 in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
Mariya Piltz (Empress)
Vladimir Mayboroda (Mayor)
Mikhail Koryakin (Chub)
Yevgeniya Mravina (Oksana)
Mariya Kamenskaya (Solokha)
Ivan Yershov (Vakula)
Fyodor Stravinsky (Panas)
Grigory Ugrinovich (Deacon)
Nikolay Klimov (Patsyuk)
Mitrofan Chuprynnikov (Devil)
Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
First Publication. 1895 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff.
Full score. Plate 1087.
Orchestral parts. Plate 1088.
Choral parts. Plate 1089.
Solo voice parts. Plate 1090.
Vocal score. Plate 1091.
Librettist Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), after Nikolay Gogol (1809–1852)
Language Primarily Russian; some Ukrainian and Russian Church Slavonic
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Cast
Empress / Царица (mezzo-soprano)
Mayor / Голова (baritone)
Chub / Чуб (bass)
Oksana / Оксана (soprano)
Solokha / Солоха (contralto)
Vakula / Вакула (tenor)
Panas / Панас (bass)
Deacon / Дьяк (tenor)
Patsyuk / Пацюк (bass)
Devil / Чёрт (tenor)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
Related Works See also the Suite of four extracts from the opera (1903).
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Vocal score arranged by Rimsky-Korsakov and his wife Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.

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