Principal Arias and Numbers
- Three arias fit into the plot as replies by foreign merchants to questions about what their respective countries are like.
- Song of the Varangian Guest (Песня Варяжского гостя), a.k.a. "Song of the Viking Guest"
- Song of the Indian Guest (Песня Индийского гостя), a.k.a. "Song of India" (Tommy Dorsey's 1938 instrumental arrangement of it is a jazz classic, compiled on This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1.)
- Song of the Venetian Guest (Песня Веденецкого гостя)
- Volkhova's Lullaby (Колыбельная Волховы)
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