Sadko (, the name of the main character) is an
opera in seven scenes by
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The
libretto was written by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky,
Vladimir Stasov, and others. Rimsky-Korsakov was first inspired by the
Bylina of
Sadko in 1867, when he completed a
tone poem on the subject, his
Op. 5. After finishing his second revision of this work in 1891, he decided to turn it into a dramatic work.