Iolanta
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Iolanta, Op. 69, ( ) is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play '' (King René's Daughter'') by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. In the original Danish play, the spelling of the princess's name was "Iolanthe", later adopted for the otherwise unrelated Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of that name. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The opera received its premiere on 18 December 1892 i
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- Opera.name
- Iolanta
- Opera.composer
- Tchaikovsky
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- Mikhailovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg (2010)
- Opera.librettist
- Modest Tchaikovsky
- Opera.language
- Russian
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- Iolanta
- date of first performance
- 1892-12-06
- title
- Иоланта
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- number of parts of this work
- 2
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
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- Composition history
- Performance history
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- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Scene 4
- Principal arias and numbers
- Structure
- Recordings
- References
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Iolanta, Op. 69, ( ) is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play '' (King René's Daughter'') by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. In the original Danish play, the spelling of the princess's name was "Iolanthe", later adopted for the otherwise unrelated Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of that name. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The opera received its premiere on 18 December 1892 in Saint Petersburg.
==Composition history== Composing upon the completion of The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky worried that he had lost his creative inspiration after such a large project. He started Iolanta in June 1891 with the central duet, and, despite his worries, finished composition in September and orchestration in November. The public reception was quite favorable, though Tchaikovsky was disappointed and felt he was repeating himself, especially when compared to his earlier work, The Enchantress.