Ruslan and Lyudmila

Ruslan and Lyudmila (?????? ? ??????? in Russian, Ruslan i Lyudmila in transliteration) is an opera in five acts by Mikhail Glinka to a Russian libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov and Nestor Kukolnik, based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. It was first performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Saint Petersburg on 9 December, 1842.

Characters

• Principal roles
• Ratmir, a Khazar prince (contralto)
• Farlaf, a Varangian prince (bass)
• Ruslan, a Kievan knight, Lyudmila?s betrothed (baritone)
• Lyudmila (soprano)
• Finn, a benevolent sorcerer (tenor)
• Naina, an evil sorceress (mezzo-soprano)
• Minor roles
• Svetozar, Grand Prince of Kiev, Lyudmila's father (bass)
• Gorislava, maiden in love with Ratmir (soprano)
• Bayan, a bard (tenor)
• Other
• Chernomor, an evil sorcerer, dwarf (mute)
• knights, nobles, maidens, guests, troops, slaves (chorus)