February 18, 2020

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Earlier, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra played for us the “Three Wonders” of the magical city of Ledenetz, and the ultra-famous “Flight of the Bumblebee.”  Both are excerpts from an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, based on a story by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.  What is the title of this opera?