The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga

"The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga" ( _ru. Боярыня Вера Шелога, "Boyarïnya Vera Sheloga") is an opera in one act by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the libretto, which he based on the drama by Lev Alexandrovich Mey. The opera was composed in 1898 from material omitted from Rimsky-Korsakov's first opera, "The Maid of Pskov" (1873). [cite book |last=Abraham|first=Gerald|coauthors=Stanley Sadie (editor)|title=The New Grove: Russian Masters 2|chapter=Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov|pages=p.19|year=1986|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|location=New York|isbn=0-393-30103-6]

The work was first performed in Moscow in 1898. It was later used as a prologue to "The Maid of Pskov" in a 1901 performance. [cite web |coauthors=L. Macy (editor)|year=2007|url=http://www.grovemusic.com|title=Boyarïnya Vera Sheloga|accessdate=2007-06-07|work= [http://www.grovemusic.com New Grove Dictionary of Opera / Grove Music Online] |language=English]

Performance history

The premiere performance took place in Moscow on 27 December 1898 at the Solodovnikov Theater.

Roles [ [http://opera.stanford.edu/main.html Opera Glass] , Source: Stanford University]

ynopsis

:"Place": Pskov, Russia

:"Time": 1555

Vera's husband has been away on a campaign. In the meantime, she has given birth to Olga.

She confesses to her unmarried sister, Nadezhda, of having been wooed by a man who passed through earlier (the man turns out to have been Ivan the Terrible), and that the baby is not her husband's.

As this conversation ends, Vera's husband finally returns, surprised by the presence of the baby. Upon his demand to know where the baby came from, Nadezhda saves her sister by claiming to be the mother.

elected recordings

Audio Recordings ("Mainly studio recordings")

Source: [http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]

*1980, Stoyan Angelov (conductor), Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefka Evstatieva (Vera Sheloga), Alexandrina Milcheva-Nonova (Nadezhda), Stefka Mineva (Vlasevna), Peter Bakardzhiev (Boyar Sheloga), Dimiter Stanchev (Prince Tokmakov)

*198?, Mark Ermler (conductor), Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra, Tamara Milashkina (Vera Sheloga), Olga Teruchnova (Nadezhda), Nina Grigorieva (Vlasevna), V. Karimov (Prince Tokmakov)

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