Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Jingling and ringling.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Jingling and ringling.

The story for this opera came from a tale by a famous Russian author, which originally appeared in a collection of short stories written in a folkloric style. The plot concerns a young blacksmith who must capture the Devil in a sack and fly on his back to St. Petersburg in a scheme to procure the Empress’s slippers.

The story for this opera came from a tale by a famous Russian author, which originally appeared in a collection of short stories written in a folkloric style. The plot concerns a young blacksmith who must capture the Devil in a sack and fly on his back to St. Petersburg in a scheme to procure the Empress’s slippers.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Tidings of great joy.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Tidings of great joy.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A matrimonial marketplace.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A matrimonial marketplace.

Here’s a hint: out of the monastery and into the recording studio…

Here’s a hint: out of the monastery and into the recording studio…