Apollinary Vasnetsov's set design for a 1911 production at Bakhrushin Museum, Moscow
Native title
Russian: Опричник
Librettist
Tchaikovsky
Language
Russian
Based on
The Oprichniks by Ivan Lazhechnikov
Premiere
24 April 1874 (1874-04-24)
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
The Oprichnik (Russian: «Опричник», IPA:[ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk]ⓘ), also translated as The Guardsman, is an opera in 4 acts, 5 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to his own libretto after the tragedy The Oprichniks (Russian: Опричники) by Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869). The subject of the opera is the oprichniks. It is set in Ivan the Terrible's court during the oprichnina times (1565–1573).
Tchaikovsky worked on the opera from February 1870 - March 1872. It includes music from his early opera The Voyevoda (1869). The work is dedicated to the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov. It was given its premiere performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg on 24 April 1874, followed by the Moscow premiere on 16 May 1874 at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Oprichniks (Russian: опри́чники, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk], oprichniki, meaning "men of oprichina"; singular: oprichnik) were a corps that served as bodyguards...
the tragedy TheOprichniks (Russian: Опричники) by Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869). The subject of the opera is theoprichniks. It is set in Ivan the Terrible's...
Day of theOprichnik (Russian: День опричника, Den' oprichnika) is a 2006 novel by the Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin. The narrative is set in the near...
A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, the Young Oprichnik, and the Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov (Russian: Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника...
conspiracy. 1566 saw the oprichnina extended to eight central districts. Of the 12,000 nobles there, 570 became oprichniks, and the rest were expelled....
sent the message to Tsushima with theOprichnik. Birilev and Posadnik left Tsushima on September 7, 1861, while Oprichnik and Abrek stayed in the harbor;...
guard known as the Oprichniki. Originally, it numbered 1000. The oprichniki were headed by Malyuta Skuratov. One known oprichnik was the German adventurer...
for pornography. His 2006 novel, Day of theOprichnik, describes a dystopian Russia in 2027, with a Tsar in the Kremlin, a Russian language with numerous...
a Russian oprichnik, warlord and a favorite of Ivan the Terrible. The word "Basman" denoted a certain kind of bread made exclusively in the palace dwellings...
Voyevoda was the Entr'acte of the fourth scene and the opening of the Finale (Act IV, No. 29). The Grand adage (a.k.a. the "Love Duet") from the second scene...
disapproved of the opera as pandering to the public. Nevertheless, TheOprichnik continues to be performed from time to time in Russia. The last of the early operas...
on the city of Novgorod, Russia, in 1570. Although initially an act of vengeance against the perceived treason of the local Orthodox church, the massacre...
mentioned in 1570 for taking part in the Serpeisk campaign as an archer of the guard. The following year he became an oprichnik – a member of Ivan's personal...
at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination. The plot is an adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story The Nutcracker and the Mouse...
operas such as Tchaikovsky's TheOprichnik and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga, and videos of Dargomyzhsky's The Stone Guest, Rimsky-Korsakov's...
Papageno, The Magic Flute Peter, Hänsel und Gretel Prince Afron, The Golden Cockerel Prince Vyazminsky, TheOprichnik Prince Yeletsky, The Queen of Spades...
купца Ивана Калашникова [A song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, a young oprichnik and the successful merchant Ivan Kalashnikov] (in Russian), 1939 Vodovozov...
This article discusses political parties in Russia. The Russian Federation has a de jure multi-party system, however it operates as a dominant-party system...
Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The piece commemorates Russia's successful defense against the French invasion of the country by Napoleon in 1812. The overture debuted...
belonged to the Russian nobility and whose members once bore the title of Knyaz. Mikhail Cherkassky (died 1571), Russian voyevoda and notable oprichnik Yakov...
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Maid of Pskov and Tchaikovsky's opera TheOprichnik, both of which were also set in the times of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It also...
of Ivan the Terrible, the assault of Kalashnikov's wife by oprichnik Kiribeevich, the argument between Kalashnikov and Kiribeevich, and the fistfight...
IV was signed by an oprichnik and by a member of the zemskii administration, the d'iak Vasiliy Shchelkalov. The territories of the prospective new kingdom...
(Del Rey Books, 2006) The Book of Dave (2006) by Will Self (Viking Press, 2006)[not specific enough to verify] Day of theOprichnik (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin...
late-19th-century Russia, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and a group of composers known as The Five had differing opinions as to whether Russian classical music should...
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