El vuelo del moscardón – Il volo del
calabrone – Hummelflug -
"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude
written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera “The
Tale of Tsar Saltan”, composed in 1899–1900. The
piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic
Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's
son) into an insect so that he can fly away to visit
his father (who does not know that he is alive).