Lullaby of the princess Volkhova by Rimsky-Korsakov from the opera Sadko

Description in English: Lullaby of the princess Volkhova by Rimsky-Korsakov from the opera Sadko Sadko fell asleep on the green shore of Ilmen Lake, lulled by the singing of the Princess-Volhovy (daughter of the Sea King). And, as soon as he fell asleep, the sea princess scattered with a scarlet morning mist over a green meadow. Volkhova is the only multi—sided and developed fantastic image in the opera. Akin to Rimsky-Korsakov’s previous semi-real and semi-fairy-tale heroines, the Sea Princess is more mythological, more closely connected with the natural element. Initially, Volkhova is not separated from the general plan of fabulousness: she appears among swans floating on the lake, is almost indistinguishable in the circle of mermaid sisters; in the story about the underwater kingdom, the image of the heroine herself only gradually emerges.... Having fallen in love with Guslar for his songs, Volkhova, however, does not reach out to people — on the contrary, the sorceress herself draws Sadko int