Aleko

from Sergej Rachmaninow


Aleko
Opera in one act

Libretto

Vladimir Nemirovich-Damchenko ater the poem "Tsygany" by Aleksandr Pushkin

Premiere

9 May 1893, Moscow (Bolshoi Theatre)

Cast

ALEKO (baritone)
YOUNG GYPSY (tenor)
OLD GYPSY (bass)
ZEMFIRA (soprano)
OLD GYPSY WOMAN (contralto)

CHORUS
Gypsies

Place

A gypsy-camp in Russia

Time

19th century

Composer

Rachmaninow, Sergej