Performance History
The world premiere took place on 7 January 1898 (O.S. 26 December 1897) presented by the Russian Private Opera at the Solodovnikov Theatre in Moscow. Its conductor was Michele Esposito and scenic designers Konstantin Korovin and Sergey Malyutin. The production was financed by the railway tycoon Savva Mamontov; this was the first time that one of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas was staged by a commercial theatre rather than the Imperial Theatres. The St. Petersburg premiere followed 26 January 1901 at the Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Eduard Nápravník with scenic design by Apollinary Vasnetsov.
In 1906, the opera was presented at the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow conducted by Vyacheslav Suk with scenic design by Konstantin Korovin. The first US performance occurred at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 25 January 1930, followed a year later by the first performance in London in June 1931.
While Sadko is rarely performed today, the opera database, Operabase.com, reports performances at the Mariinsky Theatre between January and March 2011.
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