Sadko

Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov plays.

Vladimir Putin, Tsar conducts the grand composers of his people. And there are many.

Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky. Rimsky-Korsakov. Can you imagine the world without them? It would be far worse.

“Russia is an old, great nation of the world.” says a Russian.

“The great nations. I love it.” says Lacey.

Michael Rockefeller smiles. “Tsar Vladimir Putin is not a man to reckon with.” he says.

“Are we a great nation?” Bobby Kennedy Senior asks Tsar Vladimir.

Vladimir thinks. “You can be.”

“We were!” shouts Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

“Yes! Come to think of it…you almost made it? Or was that wishful thinking? What exactly did happen?” asks Vladimir.

“Don’t start accusing me!” says Rose.

Vladimir walks away.

Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” plays.

“Say! Why are we talking about the history of nation states!?? This is dummyvile! You’re all full of shit!!” says Professor Wilson of Messiah University. “You all flunked history! You’re LOSERS!!”

“What should we be talking about?” asks Rose as if she’s talking to a wise old sage who needs and demands respect.