The Stone Guest is an opera in three acts by Alexander Dargomyzhsky. In what was considered a bold innovation at the time, Dargomyzhsky himself extracted the libretto directly from Alexander Pushkin's
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Komissarzhevsky and Petrov
Fyodor Komissarzhevsky as Don Juan
Yuliya Platonova as Donna Anna
Osip Petrov
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Osip Afanasievich Petrov was a Russian operatic bass-baritone of great range and renown, whose career centred on St. Petersburg.
The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky)
…Voice type Premiere Cast 16 February 1872 (Old Style) (Conductor: Eduard Nápravník) Don Juan tenor Fyodor Komissarzhevsky Leporello, his servant bass Osip Petrov Donna Anna soprano Yuliya Platonova Don Carlos baritone Ivan Melnikov Laura mezzo-soprano Mariya Ilyina A Monk bass Vladimir Sobolev First Guest tenor…
Portrait by Sergey Zaryanko, 1849