Musicologist Lyle Neff wrote that while Nadezhda gave up her own compositional career when she married Rimsky-Korsakov, she "had a considerable influence on the creation of first three operas.
O musicólogo Lyle Neff escribe que, a pesar de que Nadezhda deixou a súa carreira compositiva ao casar con Rimskii-Korsakov, «influíu considerablemente na creación das tres primeiras óperas .