A Life for the Tsar
The first known opera made in Russia was "A Life for the Tsar" by Mikhail Glinka in 1836. This was followed by several operas such as "Ruslan and Lyudmila" in 1842. Russian opera was originally a combination of Russian folk music and Italian opera. After the October revolution many opera composers left Russia. Russia's most popular operas include "Boris Godunov", "Eugene Onegin", "The Golden Cockerel", "Prince Igor", and "The Queen of Spades".