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TitleZhiznʹ za t︠s︡ari︠a︡ (Ivan Susanin)Other Titles (e.g. Variant)Zhizn' za tsarya (Ivan Susanin)Ivan Susanin (1939)Ivan Soussanine (1939)TypeHubGenre FormOperaIdentified ByLccn: n80125010OclcNumber: oca00505541 Notedata source: p. xvii (tekst, S. Gorodet︠s︡kogo (1939))data source: p. 3 (the problem of "incorrect" sentiments in the words of some of Glinka's other vocal pieces has been solved by the provision of new texts ... one really serious case of text substitution is the wholesale re-writing of the libretto of A life for the Tsar ... now known by its original title, Ivan Susanin)data source: v. 2, p. 1261ff (A life for the Tsar (Zhizn' za tsarya; Ivan Susanin); libretto by Baron Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen ... [et al.], St. Petersburg, 1836; as Ivan Susanin, with new libretto by Sergey Gorodetsky, Moscow, 1939; originally to have been called Ivan Susanin, the eventual title was conferred upon it by Tsar Nikolay I in return for the dedication; "although the Gorodetsky libretto is the one to which the opera has been most frequently performed and recorded since 1939 ... the original libretto was revived ... at the Bol'shoy in 1989")description source: Created from auth.Origin Date(s)1939 Authorized Access PointGlinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857 Zhiznʹ za t︠s︡ari︠a︡ (Ivan Susanin)