He was opera's first true Romantic; we see his people from the inside out.
It is an important example of early Romantic opera.
The work had a profound influence on the development of Romantic opera, particularly in Germany.
After that Romantic opera emerged, with the attendant predominance of the tenor.
These operas, written on the border between two centuries, rather belong to the world of the romantic opera of the past.
It is considered the first important German Romantic opera, especially in its national identity and stark emotionality.
It has also been called one of the first Romantic operas, though Cherubini's work was basically classical.
These three operas are sometimes referred to as Wagner's "romantic operas".
Mussorgsky turned his compressed musical drama into a grandly expansive Romantic opera.
The romantic opera Askold's Grave, written on a subject from Russian history, was the most successful of the six.