Aleko (Rachmaninoff)
| Aleko | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |
Rachmaninoff in 1892 | |
| Native title | Russian: Алеко |
| Librettist | Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | The Gypsies by Pushkin |
| Premiere | |
Aleko (Russian: Алеко) is the first of three completed operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian libretto was written by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and is an adaptation of the 1827 poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin. Written in 1892 as a diploma work at the Moscow Conservatory, it won the highest prizes from the conservatory judges that year and was premiered in Moscow on 9 May 1893.