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Opera Music Plot Synopsis
Rimsky Korsakov: Mlada
Mstivoi, Prince of Rhetra, having designs upon the neighboring
principality of
Arkonsk, has caused his daughter, Voislava, to present to
Mlada, the bride of
Yaromir, its ruler, a poisoned ring. Not caring to depend
upon her own charms
for the captivation of the bereaved Yaromir, now expected
as a visitor to her
father's palace, Voislava invokes the aid of the infernal
goddess Morena, who,
unknown to the former, has taken the earthly shape of her
nurse, and has herself
suggested this step. Yaromir conceives a passion for Voislava
which even
survives a dream in which the cause of his bride's death is
revealed, but so
surely as he attempts to embrace his consoler the shade of
Mlada intervenes, and
ultimately succeeds in carrying him off. Returning, he kill
Voislava, whose soul
descends to Hades with Morena.
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