The Snow Maiden

We’re heading to the Vienna State Opera for Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” on this week’s Sunday Opera (12/7 3:00 p.m.) for a story awakening love and sight gained that takes place in the 15th century in the mountains of southern France.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is the featured composer on this week’s Sunday Opera (4/13 3:00 p.m.) and his 1881 work based on a Russian folk legend. “The Snow Maiden” is an allegorical story dealing with the conflict of “eternal forces of nature” involving the interactions of humans, mythological characters, and those who are a combination of the two. It was said to have been Rimsky-Korsakov’s favorite opera.