Dubrovsky
Music by Eduard Nápravník · libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky · premiered 1895
Dubrovsky (Russian: Дубровский) is an opera in four acts (5 scenes), Op. 58, by Eduard Nápravník, to a Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky after the novel of the same title (1832) by Alexander Pushkin.
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About the Composer
Eduard Francevič Nápravník (Russian: Эдуард Францевич Направник, romanized: Eduard Frantsevich Napravnik; 24 August [O.S. 12 August] 1839 – 23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1916) was a Czech conductor and composer. Nápravník settled in Russian Empire and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades. In that capacity, he conducted the premieres of many operas by Russian composers, including those by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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