Romanticism · Russia
1804 – 1857
Novospáskoye - Berlin
Review
After training in Italy and Berlin, he premiered in 1836 A Life for the Tsar, considered the first Russian national opera. His language, which is part of Russian popular song, marked all subsequent Russian composers.
Between 1845 and 1847 he lived in Spain, especially in Madrid and Granada, collecting popular melodies. From that journey were born its two Spanish Obertures, including the famous Aragonese Jota.
Main works
- Pathetic trio (1832)
- Opera A Life for the Tsar (1836)
- Opera Ruslan and Liudmila (1842)
- Spanish Obertura No. 1 «Aragonese jota» (1845)
- Kamarinskaya (1848)
- I remember a summer night in Madrid (1851)
