Caption:
"A Life for the Tsar" also known as "Ivan Susanin", is a patriotic-heroic tragic opera in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian Classical Music Composer). The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century. Photo Shows: an engraving illustrating the finale of the Opera produced by the St Petersburg Bolshoi Theatre. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies.