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In earlier days, opera, ballet and classical music were extremely popular in Russia. Mikhail Glinka pioneered the operas during the 19th century. Glinka and the composers who made up The Mighty Handful after him that is Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Borodin and César Cui were often influenced by Russian folk music and tales. Another famous Russian composer was Tchaikovsky. He became famous in the international musical arena as well for his ballads.
In the early part of the 20th century a very popular genre was the romances especially of Italian, Russian, Caucasian and Gypsy styles. Most of these romances were sung in operas and the most popular singer then was Fyodor Shalyapin. The Soviet Era produced many prominent musicians like critically acclaimed pianist Vladimir Horowitz, in spite of oppression from the government.
Some popular Russian operas / ballads are:

1. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka
2. A life for the Tsar by Mikhail Glinka
3. Swan lake by Tchaikovsky
4. The nutcracker by Tchaikovsky