Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
Aleko
Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff · libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko · premiered 1893 · at Bolshoi Theatre
Aleko (Russian: Алеко) 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 Pushkin. Written in 1892 as a 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.
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About the Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Francesca da Rimini (1897)