Dmitry Donskoy
Music by Anton Rubinstein · libretto by Vladimir Sollogub · premiered 1852 · at Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre
Dmitry Donskoy (Russian: Дмитрий Донской), also known as The Battle of Kulikovo (Russian: Куликовская битва) was the first opera written by Anton Rubinstein. It has three acts and a libretto by Count Vladimir Sollogub and Vladimir Zotov, based on a drama by Vladislav Ozerov. First performed on April 18, 1852 at the Bolshoi Opera House, and then followed by three more performances, the opera, apart from its overture, is now lost.
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About the Composer
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, romanized: Anton Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1829 – 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory. As a pianist, Rubinstein ranks among the great 19th-century keyboard virtuosos. He became most famous for his series of historical recitals, seven enormous, consecutive concerts covering the history of piano music. Rubinstein played this series throughout Russia and Eastern Europe and in the United States when he toured there.…
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Other Operas by Anton Rubinstein
- Die Kinder der Heide
- Fomka the Fool (1853)
- Feramors (1862)
- Der Thurm zu Babel (1869)
- Die Maccabäer (1872)
- Christus (1887)