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11 or 12 October 1892, Prague, first performance outside Russia conducted by Adolf ДЊech in the presence of the composer (sung in Czech, trans.Balletmasters: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov.Scene Designers: Karl Valts (Waltz), Lebedev.Scene Designers: Vasilyev, Yanov, Levot, Ivanov, Andreyev.Place: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg.Tchaikovsky was extremely pleased with his effort. The Bolshoi Theatre premiere took place the following year. The opera was just as successful at the Kyiv premiere twelve days later. have made true miracles.' The premiere's success was tremendous. Tchaikovsky later wrote, 'Figner and the Saint Petersburg orchestra. The composer himself took part in the preparation of the Saint Petersburg premiere. His wife Medea Mei-Figner played the role of Liza. The part was written with the notable Russian tenor Nikolay Figner in mind, and he performed it at the premiere.

This requires great skill and endurance by the performer. Herman, the lead character, sings in all seven scenes. While composing the music, Tchaikovsky edited the libretto significantly, changing some of the text and adding his own lyrics to two arias. The changes can be found in the proof sheets and inserts for the first and second editions of the printed version of the score. Later, working with the tenor who was to perform the lead character, he created two versions of Herman's aria in the seventh scene, using different keys.

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He completed the full score in Florence in only 44 days. Toward the end of that year, he met with the theatre's managers to discuss the material and sketch out some of the scenes. After first turning it down, Tchaikovsky accepted it in 1889. The Imperial Theatre offered Tchaikovsky a commission to write an opera based on the plot sketch by Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1887/88.