| Composer: |
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka |
| Librettist: |
Yegor Fyodorovich Rozen |
| Librettist: |
Vladimir Sollogub |
| Librettist: |
Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik |
| Librettist: |
Vasiliy Andreyevich Zhukovsky |
| Work definition: |
Patriotic heroic-tragic opera in five acts |
| Title notes: |
Also known as 'Ivan Susanin' |
| Language: |
Russian |
| World premiere: |
27 November 1836, Bolshoi Theatre, St Petersburg |
| ROH premiere: |
12 July 1887, Royal Italian Opera |