# Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cock): An Opera in Three Acts

Author: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908 [Composer]; Belskii, Vladimir Ivanovich, 1866-1946 [Librettist]

Genre: FR Théâtre

Language: Français

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55423

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.fr/s?k=Le+Coq+d%27Or+%28The+Golden+Cock%29%3A+An+Opera+in+Three+Acts+Rimsky-Korsakov&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

(_Before the curtain rises there is a feeling that something extraordinarily important and solemn is to be presented. And in fact one sees a vast hall in the palace of the famous KING DODON during the sitting of the Council of Boyars. The hall is richly ornamented with Russian carving, gilded and painted, by which it is clearly evident that green, blue, and yellow are the favorite colors of KING DODON’S people. On benches covered with brocade, the Boyars are seated in a semicircle,--grave and bearded men. Upon a throne in the middle, magnificently decorated with peacock feathers, is seated KING DODON himself, wearing a golden crown and in royal vestments of yellow. On either side of him a...

## Chapters

- [ACT I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/le-coq-d-or-the-golden-cock-an-opera-in-three-acts-55423/chapters/1/index.md)
- [ACT II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/le-coq-d-or-the-golden-cock-an-opera-in-three-acts-55423/chapters/2/index.md)
- [ACT III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/le-coq-d-or-the-golden-cock-an-opera-in-three-acts-55423/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Act Two](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/le-coq-d-or-the-golden-cock-an-opera-in-three-acts-55423/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Act Three](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/le-coq-d-or-the-golden-cock-an-opera-in-three-acts-55423/chapters/5/index.md)