Ruslan and Ludmila
The musical culture has come to Russia from Europe, but little by little started to develop his own way. Theorists Alexander Serov and Vladimir Stassov identified this way of Russian music. A peak of musical culture has reached the top by the creation of The Five (composers) in the 19th century. The modern Russian music critic Viktor Korshikov (the son of the wife of Vitaliy Peskov) thus summed up: "«There is not the development of Russian musical culture without the "Stone Guest". It is three operas - Ivan Soussanine", "Ruslan and Ludmila" and the "Stone guest" have created Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin. "Soussanine" is an opera, where the main character is the people, "Ruslan" is the mythical, deeply Russian intrigue, and a "Guest", in which the drama dominates over the softness of the beauty of sound»".