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jan 1, 1906 - 1906, Russian Empire. The Golden Cockerel.

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(Russian: Золотой петушок, Zolotoy petushok) is an opera in three acts, with short prologue and even shorter epilogue, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
The opera was completed in 1907 and premiered in 1909 in Moscow, after the composer's death. Outside Russia it has often been performed in French as Le coq d'or.
Of the things that inspired Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to write this opera-ballet some of them were:
The events now known as the Bloody Sunday in Moscow were 1000 persons were shot by orders of the Tsar Nicholas II after they tried to file a petition for better working conditions.
And, the Russo-Japanese War This war was highly unpopular amongst the Russian people. It proved to be a military disaster, and Russia was eventually defeated. (In the Golden Cockerel, Tsar Dodon foolishly decides to make a pre-emptive strike against the neighboring state, and there is huge chaos and bloodshed on the battlefield. The tsar himself gives more attention to his personal pleasures, and comes to a sticky end.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkmkH-nhA3E

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jan 1, 1906
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~ 118 years ago
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