In the opera 'Prince Igor' from whence the Polovtsian Dances come, The Polovtsi are Tartar tribe driven out to live on the plains by Igor's father, Prince Sviatoslav of Kiev. John Midknight, Harrow It ...

Russian composer Alexander Borodin had a hard time finishing anything. His friends had to finish his operas and get them performed, and they've never become part of the standard repertory. But some of ...