Aleko (Rachmaninoff)
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Aleko is the first of three completed operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian libretto was written by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and is an adaptation of the 1827 poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pu
Rachmaninoff in 1892
Bolshoi Theatre
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The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empir
Aleko (Rachmaninoff)
…diploma work at the Moscow Conservatory, it won the highest prizes from the conservatory judges that year and was premiered in Moscow on 9 May 1893. The Bolshoi Theatre's premiere took place on 9 May (O.S. 27 April) 1893 in Moscow. The composer conducted another performance in Kiev on 18/30 October 1893. (Tchaikovsky had…
Bolshoi Theatre
The old Bolshoi Theatre in the early 19th century
Bolshoi Theatre in 1905
Bolshoi Theatre in 1932