Salammbô [alternative title The Libyan] (Russian: Ливиец) is an unfinished opera-project in 4 acts by the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, to his own libretto based on the novel of the same title by Gustave Flaubert (1862), as well as poems by Alexander Polezhayev, Apollon Maikov and Vasily Zhukovsky.
The vocal score of the fragments of the four intended acts and seven scenes of the opera have survived and have been published in Mussorgsky's C...
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Salammbô [alternative title The Libyan] (Russian: Ливиец) is an unfinished opera-project in 4 acts by the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, to his own libretto based on the novel of the same title by Gustave Flaubert (1862), as well as poems by Alexander Polezhayev, Apollon Maikov and Vasily Zhukovsky.
The vocal score of the fragments of the four intended acts and seven scenes of the opera have survived and have been published in Mussorgsky's Complete works, vol. V, Moscow - Leningrad, 1939.
The Russian translation of Flaubert's novel was published in Otechesvennye zapiski in 1862 and made a great impression on Mussorgsky. He worked on the opera project from 1863 until 1866.
In 1866 Mussorgsky lost interest in the project. However, several musical themes from this project were recycled and played important roles in the composer's subsequent opera Boris Godunov.
Flaubert's novel Salammbô (published in 1862) interweaves historical and fictional characters. Salammbô, a priestess and...
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