“Iolanta” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Premiere / date of written: 18 October 1892

The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datter (King René’s Daughter) by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The opera received its premiere on 18 December 1892 in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Libretti

#	Language	Authors
1	Russian	Модест Ильич Чайковский

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

History

• 1892 December 6 — World premiere (Old Style 6 December / New Style 18 December) of Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera "Iolanta" at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, on a double bill with "The Nutcracker."
• 1892 December 18 — On 1892-12-18, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s opera "Iolanta" received its world premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg (double bill with "The Nutcracker").

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