 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rimsky-Korsakov akaongwa zvikuru mukati meVashanu, uye pakati paavo vakashanyira denderedzwa, nokuda kwetarenda rake somurongi. Akakumbirwa naBalakirev kuronga kufamba kwaSchubert kwekonzati muna Chivabvu 1868, naCui kuronga kwaya yekuvhura opera yake William Ratcliff naAlexander Dargomyzhsky, ane mabasa aikosheswa zvikuru neThe Five uye aive pedyo nerufu, kuronga opera yake The Stone Guest 