Christmas Eve (opera)
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Christmas Eve or The Night Before Christmas (Russian: Ночь перед Рождеством, tr. Nóch péred Rozhdestvóm listenⓘ)[lower-alpha 1] is an opera in four acts with music and libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Composed between 1894 and 1895, Rimsky-Korsakov based his opera on a short story, "Christmas Eve", from Nikolai Gogol's 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka.[2] The story had been used as the basis for an opera at least three times previously, including for Tchaikovsky's Vakula the Smith (1874).[3] Oliver Knussen writes that "Rimsky is only interested in recreating the atmosphere of the folk-tale, fleshing it out for his stage pageant in a comparable way to Humperdinck in Hansel.[4] Gerald Abraham, on the other hand, praises the vivid humanity and humour of Rimsky's setting, as well as its atmospheric strength.[5]
Christmas Eve | |
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Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | |
Native title | Russian: Ночь перед Рождеством |
Librettist | Rimsky-Korsakov |
Language | Russian |
Based on | "Christmas Eve" by Nikolai Gogol |
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