CHAIKOVSKY: Vakula Kuznyets (Vakula the Smith)

CHAIKOVSKY: Vakula Kuznyets (Vakula the Smith) 6 December. St. Petersburg Text by Y. P. Polonsky (founded on Gogol’s Christmas Eve). Four acts. (Originally the libretto had been written for Serov.) Revived in a new version as Cherevichki (The Little Shoes) Moscow 31 January 1887; this version was very popular and has been frequently revived since (Petrograd 1 December 1915, etc.). Outside Russia, given at: NEW YORK 26 May 1922 (in Russian). BARCELONA 17 December 1929 (in Russian). MANNHEIM 2…