Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)
Content:  Ruslan and Lyudmila is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The opera is based on the 1820 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. The Russian libretto was written by Valerian Shirkov, Nestor Kukolnik and N. A. Markevich, among others. Pushkin's death in the famous duel prevented him from writing the libretto himself as planned. Today, the best-known music from the opera is its overture.
Title: Ruslan and Ludmila
Content:  The poem was the basis of an opera of the same name composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. A feature film based on the poem was produced in the Soviet Union in 1972, directed by Aleksandr Ptushko and starring Valeri Kozinets and Natalya Petrova as the title characters. Other film versions include a 1915 silent produced by the Russian production company Khanzhonkov, directed by Ladislas Starevich, and a 1996 made-for-TV version based on Glinka's opera, directed by Hans Hulscher and produced by NHK. As well, the 1938 black and white film of the same name. An animated adaptation appears as The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Ludmila. Lines from the prologue of this poem are repetitively recited by the character Masha in the 
Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)
Content: 1938: Samuil Samosud (conductor), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, Maksim Mikhaylov (Svetozar), Valeria Barsova (Lyudmila), Mark Reizen (Ruslan), Yelizaveta Antonova (Ratmir), Vasiliy Lubenchov (Farlaf), Yelena Slivinskaya (Gorislava), Nikander Khanayev (Finn), Lyudmila Stavrovskaya (Naina), Solomon Khromchenko (Bayan). ; 1952: Kirill Kondrashin (conductor), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, Vladimir Gavriushov (Svetozar), Vera Firsova (Lyudmila), Ivan Petrov (Ruslan), Eugenia Verbitskaya (Ratmir), Alexei Krivchenya (Farlaf), Nina Pokrovskaya (Gorislava), Georgi Nelepp (Finn), Elena Korneyeva (Naina), Sergei Lemeshev (Bayan). ; 1979: Yuri Simonov (conductor), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, Valeri Yaroslavtsev (Svetozar), Bela Rudenko (Lyudmila), Evgeny Nesterenko (Ruslan), Tamara Sinyavskaya (Ratmir), Boris Morozov (Farlaf), Nina Fomina (Gorislava), Aleksei Maslennikov (Finn), Galina Borisova (Naina), Alexander Arkhipov (Bayan). ; 1995: (DVD) Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus and Ballet, St. Petersburg, in association with San Francisco Opera, Mikhail Kit (Svetozar), Anna Netrebko (Lyudmila), Vladimir Ognovenko (Ruslan), Larissa Diadkova (Ratmir), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Farlaf), Galina Gorchakova (Gorislava), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Finn), Irena Bogachova (Naina), Yuri Marusin (Bayan). ; 2011: (DVD) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Orchestra and Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre, Albina Shagimuratova (Lyudmila), Mikhail Petrenko (Ruslan), Yuriy Mynenko (Ratmir), Almas Svilpa (Farlaf), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Gorislava), Charles Workman (tenor) (Finn/Bayan), Vladimir Ognovenko (Svetozar), Elena Zaremba (Naina). 
Title: Ruslan and Ludmila (film)
Content:  Ruslan and Ludmila («Руслан и Людмила») is a 1972 film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is based on the poem of the same name written by Alexander Pushkin in 1820. It is the last of the many fairytale films Ptushko directed, and, according to film critics, the most successful. Ptushko died a year after this film was released.
Title: Ruslan and Ludmila
Content:  Ruslan and Ludmila (pre-reform Russian: Русла́нъ и Людми́ла; post-reform ) is a poem by Alexander Pushkin, published in 1820. It is written as an epic fairy tale consisting of a dedication (посвящение ), six "cantos" (песни), and an epilogue (эпилог). It tells the story of the abduction of Ludmila, the daughter of Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus' (reigned 980–1015), by an evil wizard and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to find and rescue her. 
Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)
Content: Overture No. 1: Introduction ; No. 2: Cavatina (Lyudmila) ; No. 3: Finale No. 4: Entr'acte ; No. 5: Ballad (Finn) ; No. 6: Duettino (Ruslan, Finn) ; No. 7: Scene and Rondo (Farlaf) ; No. 8: Aria (Ruslan) ; No. 9: Scene with the Head ; No. 10: Finale &ndash; Tale of the Head No. 11: Entr'acte ; No. 12: Persian Chorus ; No. 13: Cavatina (Gorislava) ; No. 14: Aria (Ratmir) ; No. 15: Dances ; Allegro moderato ; Adagio ; Grazioso ; Coda ; No. 16: Finale No. 17: Entr'acte ; No. 18: Scene and Aria (Lyudmila) ; No. 19: March of Chernomor ; No. 20: Oriental Dances ; No. 21: Chorus ; No. 22: Finale No. 23: Entr'acte ; No. 24: Romance (Ratmir) ; No. 25: Recitative and Chorus ; No. 26: Duet (Finn, Ratmir) ; No. 27: Finale  Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5
Title: Ruslan and Ludmila
Content:  Pushkin began writing the poem in 1817, while attending the Imperial Lyceum at Tsarskoye Selo. He based it on Russian folktales he had heard as a child. Before it was published in 1820, Pushkin was exiled to the south of Russia for political ideas he had expressed in other works such as his ode to "Freedom" (вольность). A slightly revised edition was published in 1828.
Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)
Content:  The overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila is used as the theme tune for the TV series Mom, the children's TV series Oscar's Orchestra, and the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure.
Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)
Content:  Within Chernomor's magical gardens, Lyudmila longs for Ruslan and resists the influence of the enchanted surroundings. Chernomor with his retinue arrives; dances are performed. A trumpet call signals a challenge from Ruslan. Chernomor puts Lyudmila under a sleeping spell and goes off to fight Ruslan, who shortly comes on the scene triumphantly wearing Chernomor's beard around his helmet. Although he is disheartened by Lyudmila's condition, Ruslan, along with Ratmir and Gorislava, resolve to return to Kiev with Lyudmila to seek the aid of the magicians there. Chernomor's former slaves freely come along.
Title: Aleksandr Ptushko
Content:  the largest film project of his career Ruslan and Ludmila, which was also to prove his last. Running for 149 minutes (split into two feature-length segments), Ruslan and Ludmila was a film adaptation of Aleksandr Pushkin's epic poem of the same name, and was filled with the sumptuous visuals and technical wizardry for which Ptushko had become known. The film took four years to complete, and was released in 1972. Aleksander Ptushko died a few months after its release, aged 72. He spent his last months writing a script for The Tale of Igor's Campaign adaptation which he was going to direct despite already been seriously ill. He was survived by his daughter from the first marriage Natalia Ptushko who worked as an assistant director at Mosfilm.

Question: Who was the composer of Ruslan and Lyudmila?
Answer: Mikhail Glinka.
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
Michael Glinka.