Today’s salute to Elizabeth II comes from Rimsky Korsakov
OperaSlippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision, streams ‘Blessed Queen of Heaven’ from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. Clearly not written with Elizabeth II in mind when composing this beautiful song as she was had not yet been born in 1905 but still fitting for Jubilee celebrations. This extract is performed by the Dutch National Opera and Ballet.
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