Salambo, or Libyan, is the first opera on which Modest Mussorgsky worked from 1863 to 1866 . The libretto on a theme from Carthaginian history was written by the composer himself on the plot of the novel of the same name by Flaubert , which he read in a Russian translation in " Domestic Notes " in 1862. The opera remained unfinished, and its fragments were included in other works of Mussorgsky, not excluding Boris Godunov [ specify ] . Instrumentation of the opera was handled by the Soviet composer Vissarion Shebalin .
| Opera | |
| Salambo | |
|---|---|
| Composer | |
| Librettist | |
| Tongue libretto | |
| Plot source | Gustave Flaubert’s novel “ Salambo ” |
| Action | |
| Year of creation | 1866 |
| First production | |
| Duration (approx.) | |
Theme from Modest Mussorgsky’s opera “Salambo”, used in “Nights on the Bald Mountain”
Audio Recording
| Year | Organization | Conductor | Soloists | Publisher and catalog number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Italian Radio Choir and National Symphony Orchestra (Milan) | Zoltan Peshko | Salambo - Lyudmila Shemchuk , Mato - George Seleznev , Baleares, Spendius , Aminhar - William Stone, High Priest - Giorgio Surjan, 1st Pentarch - Giorgio Tieppo, 2nd Pentarch - Efthimios Michalopoulos | CBS "Masterworks" 79253 (UK) (1981); CBS "Masterworks" MZ 36939 (USA) (1982) |
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