Opera Review: "The Golden Cockerel"

The "town square" set from a 1909 production of "The Golden Cockerel," designed by Ivan Bilibin.

Desiree Mays discusses The Golden Cockerel, Russian master orchestrator Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's politically charged posthumous opera.

The Santa Fe Opera performs Cockerel July 15, 19, and 28; and August 3, 9, and 18.