Fomka the Fool
Music by Anton Rubinstein · libretto by Mikhail Mikhailov · premiered 1853 · at Alexandrinsky Theatre
Fomka the Fool (Fomka-durachok: Russian: Фомка-дурачок) is a one-act opera by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by M. L. Mikhaylov. It was given its only performance in 1853.
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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
- Dmitry Donskoy (1852)
- Feramors (1862)
- Der Thurm zu Babel (1869)
- Die Maccabäer (1872)
- Christus (1887)