Composer · Romantic Era
César Cui
1835 – 1918 · Russian · 8 operas in the catalogue
César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, romanized: Tsezar Antonovich Kyui; IPA: [ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi] ; French: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui; 18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1835 – 26 March 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five – a group of composers gathered by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army, he rose to the rank of Engineer-General (equivalent to full General), taught fortifications in Russian military academies and wrote a number of monographs on the subject.
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1876 Angelo, 1876 Russian
- 1894 Le flibustier, 1894 French
- 1901 A Feast in Time of Plague, 1901 Russian
- 1903 Mademoiselle Fifi, 1903
- 1907 Mateo Falcone, 1907
- 1915 Puss in Boots, 1915 Russian
- n/a Ivan the Fool
- n/a Little Red Riding Hood