Borodin
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Russian composer (1833-1887)
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Borodin did not complete a libretto before composing the music to Prince Igor.
Borodin died suddenly in 1887, leaving Prince Igor incomplete.
Borodin returned to Prince Igor in 1874, inspired by the success of his colleagues Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky in the staging of their historical operas, The Maid of Pskov (1873) and Boris Godunov (1874).
A new edition based on 92 surviving manuscripts by Borodin was completed by musicologist Anna Bulycheva and published in 2012.
Borodin spent 17 years working on this opera off and on, yet never managed to finish it.
Borodin was alleged to have been drunk and violent towards his children, aged two and four.