Cherevichki
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · libretto by Yakov Polonsky · premiered 1887
Cherevichki (Russian: Черевички , Ukrainian: Черевички), The Slippers is a comic-fantastic opera in 4 acts, 8 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was composed in 1885 in Maidanovo, near Klin, Russia. The libretto was written by Yakov Polonsky, and is based on the story "Christmas Eve", part of the 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, by Nikolai Gogol. The opera is a revision of Tchaikovsky's earlier opera Vakula the Smith. The work was first performed in 1887 in Moscow.
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About the Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Mazeppa (1639)
- Eugene Onegin (1825)
- Iolanta (1892)