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Mlada (Russian: Млада, the name of a main character) was a project originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by Alexander Serov and choreographed by Marius Petipa. The project was later revised in 1872 as an opera-ballet in four acts, with the composition of the score to be divided between César Cui, Léon Minkus, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and Aleksandr Borodin. The libretto was written by Viktor Krylov. The project was never completed, and no performing edition is in use. An exhaustive study of this opera has been made by German musicologist Albrecht Gaub (see bibliography below) and provides information for this article.

Conception

The scenario was conceived in 1870 by Stepan Alexandrovich Gedeonov (1815-1878), who was the Director of the Imperial Theatres at the time. It was originally to be a ballet, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Alexander Serov, who died in 1871 before composing anything for the work.

Gedeonov revised his conception as an opera-ballet, and it became a grand collaborative effort with a libretto by Viktor Krylov and music by five Russian composers: César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin – all members of The Five – were to write music for the sung portions of the libretto and dramatic action. Ludwig Minkus, at that time the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre's First Imperial Ballet Composer, was to write ballet music to be inserted at various points. The members of The Five divided up the rest of the work as follows:

Parni valjak ("Steamroller") 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.

Parni valjak was founded in 1975. Unlike many rock bands that would come later, their style was becoming more mainstream, becoming closer to pop, especially compared with the bands like Prljavo kazalište or Film.

As years went by, their refusal to change style proved to be the important factor in the band's longevity. They kept a loyal following in 1980s and in 1990s, refusing to allow elements of folk and turbo folk music to become part of their repertoire. Because of that the band enjoys great respect among many Croatian rock critics, being seen as the embodiment of "true" rock and urban culture and many of their songs are considered evergreens in the former Yugoslavia like "Sve još miriše na nju", "Jesen u meni", "Ugasi me" and "Zastave". Parni valjak kept a relatively small but dedicated following for 30 years, and many people tend to gather at their concerts that feature energetic performances, despite advanced age of the band's members: Aki Rahimovski - vocals, Husein Hasanefendić-Hus - guitars, Marijan Brkić Brk - guitars, Berislav Blažević-Bero - keyboards, Zvonimir Bučević-Buč - bass guitar, Dražen Scholz-Šolc - drums, Tina Rupčić - vocal, Anita Mlinarić - sax.