Composer Mykola Lysenko believed this Ukrainian opera, based on a Gogol novel about Cossacks, would be too ambitious for Ukrainian houses, so it was first fully performed in Moscow, and its Act 4 prelude was given at a Kyiv concert in 1914 under Russian composer Reinhold Glière. Which opera is it?

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Taras Bulba. Lysenko's 'Taras Bulba', based on Gogol's Cossack novel, is considered Ukraine's national opera. It waited decades for a full Ukrainian production after its Moscow premiere; the 1914 Kyiv performance featured only its Act 4 prelude.