Dec 27, 2009

The Song of Igor's Campaign | Media Adaptations

Prince Igor, an opera written in 1890 by the Russian composer Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, is based on in The Song of Igor's Campaign. Borodin added to the tale some episodes and descriptions from two Russian chronicles.

In the 1920s, Russian artist Ivan Golikov painted a series of lacquer miniatures illustrating The Song of Igor's Campaign. These are considered to be masterpieces of this Russian art form. According to M.A. Nekrasova, ‘‘A distinctive and expansive rhythm conveys the determined spirit of the Russian warriors .... The colour blue ... is always...