The Golden Cockerel
The Golden Cockerel (Russian: Золотой петушок, romanized: Zolotoy petushok ) is an opera in three acts, with a short prologue and an even shorter epilogue, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, his last complete opera, before his death in 1908. Its libretto written by Vladimir Belsky, is derived from Alexander Pushkin's 1834 poem, The Tale of the Golden Cockerel. The opera was completed in 1907 and premiered in 1909, in Moscow, after the composer's death. Apart from Russia, it has often been performed in French, as Le Coq d'or.
Movements
- Introduction & Bridal procession: I. Introduction
- Introduction & Bridal procession: II. Bridal procession
- Prologue and Preface of the Astrologer (Astrologer)
Act I
- Monologue of Dodon
- The Plan of Gvidon (Gvidon, Dodon)
- The Plan of Afron (Dodon, Afron, Gvidon)
- Entrance of the Astrologer (Astrologer, Dodon)
- Scene With the Parrot (Dodon, Amelfa, Chorus)
- Sleep of Dodon (Dodon, Amelfa, Chorus)
- Dream of Dodon (Dodon, Amelfa, Chorus)
- Appeals of the Golden Cockerel (The Golgen Cockrel, Chorus, Afron, Dodon)
Act II
- Chorus of Soldiers (Chorus, Polkan)
- Entrance and Aria of Queen Shemakha (Hymn in the Sunshine) (Shemakha)
- Shemakha and Dodon (Shemakha, Dodon)
- Dance of Queen Shemakha (Shemakha, Dodon)
- Chorus of the Slaves (Chorus, Dodon)
Act III
- Ballet
- Chorus of the People of Dodon (Chorus, Amelfa)
- Entrance of Dodon (Dodon, Astrologer, The Golden Cockerel)
- Death of Dodon (Dodon, The Golden Cockerel, Shemakha, Chorus)
Epilogue
- Moral of the astrologer
- Chorus of Slaves
- Dance of the Queen
- Nocturne