The Golden Cockerel

The Golden Cockerel (??????? ??????? in Russian, Zolotoy Petuschok in transliteration) is an opera in three acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to a Russian libretto by Vladimir Ivanovich Belsky, based on the 1834 poem by Pushkin. First performance: Nezlobin Theatre in Moscow on September 24, 1909.

Origin of the story

Alexander Pushkin's source for a weathercock that warns of enemies comes from the short story "The House of the Weathercock," which is part of Washington Irving's book The Alhambra http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/i/irving/washington/i72a/complete.html

Related Topics:
Alexander Pushkin - Washington Irving - Alhambra

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