| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky operas |
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• Eugene Onegin (1879) • The Queen of Spades (1890) • Iolanta (1892) |
“Iolanta” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
♡Premiere / date of written: 18 October 1892
The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datter (King René’s Daughter) by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The opera received its premiere on 18 December 1892 in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre.
Libretti
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| 1 |
Russian
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МодеÑÑ‚ Ильич ЧайковÑкий |
original libretto
side-by-side of the original libretto
History
| May 13, 1850 | Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, librettist of "The Queen of Spades" and "Iolanta", was born. |
| December 6, 1892 | World premiere (Old Style 6 December / New Style 18 December) of Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera "Iolanta" at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, on a double bill with "The Nutcracker." |
| December 18, 1892 | On 1892-12-18, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s opera "Iolanta" received its world premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg (double bill with "The Nutcracker"). |
Notable videos
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Amateur video of Tchaikovsky's opera
Amateur video of Tchaikovsky's opera "Iolanta" in the courtyard of the St. Michael's Castle (Mikhailovsky Castle) of St. Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2012. |