Fifth act of N. A. “Sadko”

“Bonachich’s Sadko is an ecstatic excited poet singer, a Russian minnesinger or a bard. Ms. Nezhdanova looks perfect as the undersea princess. Her flexible crystal voice is light and free, but also cold —she sounds just like a bird in a forest. She might be crossing the light when it comes to coldness, because the undersea princess is in fact the warmest and most touching character in Sadko!” (Engel, p. 176)