| Composer: |
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka |
| Librettist: |
Valerian Fyodorovich Skirkov |
| Work definition: |
Opera in five acts |
| After: |
After the poem 'Ruslan and Lyudmila' by Alexander Pushkin |
| World premiere: |
9 December 1842, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow |
| ROH premiere: |
9 March 1949, The Covent Garden Orchestra |
| ROH company premiere: |
9 March 1949, The Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |