OPERA REVIEW: The Snow Maiden
... The Snow Maiden Royal Opera House Any chance to penetrate further into Rimsky-Korsakov's magical operatic universe is always an excitement. The Kirov gave a single concert performance of this, his third opera. Bom with an icy heart incapable of love, the Snow Maiden, daughter of Father Frost (sung at the premiere by Stravinsky's father, Fyodor) and Beautiful Spring, has intimations left among ...