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	Tchaikovsky's additions survive only in the form of a vocal-piano reduction, for solo voices, mixed chorus and piano (2 hands). The singing roles are as follows:		Tchaikovsky's additions survive only in the form of a vocal-piano reduction, for solo voices, mixed chorus and piano (2 hands). The singing roles are as follows:
	* ''Lord Elfort'' — tenor		* ''Lord Elfort'' — tenor
	* ''Count ~~Giuliano~~'' — tenor		* ''Count Juliano'' — tenor
	* ''Orazio von Massareno'' — tenor		* ''Orazio von Massareno'' — tenor
	* ''Gil Perez'' — bass		* ''Gil Perez'' — bass

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	In October 1868 Tchaikovsky provided additional recitatives and a chorus for an Italian-language production in [[Moscow]] of the opera '''''Le domino noir''''' (Черное домино) ([[TH]] 175 ; [[ČW]] 18), by the French composer [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber]].		In October 1868, Tchaikovsky provided additional recitatives and a chorus for an Italian-language production in [[Moscow]] of the opera '''''Le domino noir''''' (Черное домино) ([[TH]] 175 ; [[ČW]] 18), by the French composer [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber]].

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	* ''Gil Perez'' — bass		* ''Gil Perez'' — bass
	* ''Angela'' — soprano		* ''Angela'' — soprano
	* '' Brigida'' — soprano		* ''Brigida'' — soprano
	* ''Orsola'' — soprano		* ''Orsola'' — soprano
	* ''Gacinta'' — alto		* ''Gacinta'' — alto
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	==History==		==History==
	The additions to [[Auber]]'s opera ''Le domino noir'' were written at the request of Eugenio Merelli, impresario for the Italian Opera company in [[Moscow]], for inclusion in an intended benefit performance for the singer [[Désirée Artôt]]. Tchaikovsky wrote about this work on 21 October/2 November 1868 to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "I am terribly busy at the moment writing recitatives and a chorus for [[Auber]]'s ''Domino Noir'', which is being put on for [[Artôt]]'s benefit' <ref name="note1"/>. Tchaikovsky's haste turned out to be unnecessary, as ''Le domino noir'' was not performed in the 1868/69 season.		The additions to [[Auber]]'s opera ''Le domino noir'' were written at the request of Eugenio Merelli, impresario for the Italian Opera company in [[Moscow]], for inclusion in an intended benefit performance for the singer [[Désirée Artôt]]. Tchaikovsky wrote about this work on 21 October/2 November 1868 to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "I am terribly busy at the moment writing recitatives and a chorus for [[Auber]]'s ''Domino Noir'', which is being put on for [[Artôt]]'s benefit" <ref name="note1"/>. Tchaikovsky's haste turned out to be unnecessary, as ''Le domino noir'' was not performed in the 1868/69 season.

	According an account to Eugene Merelli, Tchaikovsky's wrote an orchestral introduction to a chorus in the first act, and recitatives to replace spoken dialogue throughout the opera <ref name="note2"/>. Merelli paid the composer 150 rubles for this work. [[Désirée Artôt]] sang in all the productions, ~~and~~ which by the close of the winter season amounted to around ten performances.		According an account to Eugene Merelli, Tchaikovsky wrote an orchestral introduction to a chorus in the first act, and recitatives to replace spoken dialogue throughout the opera <ref name="note2"/>. Merelli paid the composer 150 rubles for this work. [[Désirée Artôt]] sang in all the productions, which by the close of the winter season amounted to around ten performances.

	==Performances==		==Performances==

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In October 1868 Tchaikovsky provided additional recitatives and a chorus for an Italian-language production in [[Moscow]] of the opera '''''Le domino noir''''' (Черное домино) ([[TH]] 175 ; [[ČW]] 18), by the French composer [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber]].

==Instrumentation==
Tchaikovsky's additions survive only in the form of a vocal-piano reduction, for solo voices, mixed chorus and piano (2 hands). The singing roles are as follows:
* ''Lord Elfort'' — tenor
* ''Count Giuliano'' — tenor
* ''Orazio von Massareno'' — tenor
* ''Gil Perez'' — bass
* ''Angela'' — soprano
* '' Brigida'' — soprano
* ''Orsola'' — soprano
* ''Gacinta'' — alto
* ''La Portinaia'' — alto

==Movements and Duration==
There are three acts, lasting around 80 minutes in performance.

==History==
The additions to [[Auber]]'s opera ''Le domino noir'' were written at the request of Eugenio Merelli, impresario for the Italian Opera company in [[Moscow]], for inclusion in an intended benefit performance for the singer [[Désirée Artôt]]. Tchaikovsky wrote about this work on 21 October/2 November 1868 to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "I am terribly busy at the moment writing recitatives and a chorus for [[Auber]]'s ''Domino Noir'', which is being put on for [[Artôt]]'s benefit' <ref name="note1"/>. Tchaikovsky's haste turned out to be unnecessary, as ''Le domino noir'' was not performed in the 1868/69 season.

According an account to Eugene Merelli, Tchaikovsky's wrote an orchestral introduction to a chorus in the first act, and recitatives to replace spoken dialogue throughout the opera <ref name="note2"/>. Merelli paid the composer 150 rubles for this work. [[Désirée Artôt]] sang in all the productions, and which by the close of the winter season amounted to around ten performances.

==Performances==
The first performance of [[Auber]]'s opera with Tchaikovsky's additional numbers eventually took place on 10/22 January 1870, at Cantoni's benefit, with soloists [[Désirée Artôt]], Minnie Hauk, Cesare Bossi, Mariano Padilla-y-Ramos, and Ludovico Finocchi.

The concert bill read: "''Le domino noir'', comic opera in 3 acts. Music composed by [[Auber]]. Introduction to a chorus in Act I and recitatives composed by P. Tchaikovsky (for the first time)".

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score has been lost, but a printed edition of the vocal-piano reduction with Tchaikovsky's alterations marked by a copyist is preserved in the Central Music Library of the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] (VII.1.4.154).

==Publication==
The vocal-piano reduction of Tchaikovsky's additions was published for the first time in 1971 in volume 60 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Georgy Kirkor.

==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
''Le domino noir'' — an ''opéra comique'' in 3 acts — was composed by [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber]] (1782–1871), and first performed in [[Paris]] in 1837. The original French libretto was written by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861), although the author of the Italian translation used by Merelli's opera company is unknown <ref name="note3"/>.

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Letter 122]] to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 21 October/2 November 1868.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Quoted in {{bib|1958/14|Музыкальное наследие Чайковского}} (1958), p. 485.</ref>
<ref name="note3">Perhaps the Italian version by Achille de Lauzières (1800-1875), and published in [[London]] ca. 1860.</ref>
</references>
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