# Russian Opera and the State

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Marina Frolova-Walker
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/russian-music)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The rousing finale of Mikhail Glinka's patriotic A Life for the Tsar (1836) guaranteed it a place as the traditional season opener in Russian opera houses.

## Lectures

1. [Glinka's A Life for the Tsar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-music/c41d7d821e90) (YouTube)
2. [Musorgsky's Boris Godunov](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-music/46d62b938696) (YouTube)
3. [Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-music/354f01379fa9) (YouTube)
4. [Prokofiev's War and Peace](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-music/1cfb3ec2ca7d) (YouTube)