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Russian military officer and educator (b. 11/23 May 1824 at [[Tsarskoye Selo]]; d. 6/19 Jun 1904 at [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Ivan Samoylovich Alopeus''''' (Иван Самойловнч Алопеус).
{{picture|file=Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová.jpg|caption='''Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová''' (1868-1921), as the Countess in ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''}}
Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 27 June 1868 {{NS}} in Kostelec nad Černými lesy; d. 18 October 1921 in [[Prague]]).


A former artillery captain, Alopeus was a teacher (from 1852), inspector of pupils (from 1855), and eventually (from 1877) director of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]]. He was Tchaikovsky's class tutor in 1855, and had a reputation for being among the kindest and gentlest of the masters.
She performed the role of the Countess at the first production at the National Theatre in [[Prague]] of Tchaikovsky's ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' (30 September/12 October 1892). Tchaikovsky, who attended this performance, "of all the members of the cast liked most of all Madame Bradačova-Vykoukalová, who displayed the talent of a great dramatic actress in her interpretation of the role of the Queen of Spades [i.e. the Countess]" <ref name="note1"/>. At her request Tchaikovsky sent her his photograph on 4/16 November 1892 and in the accompanying letter asked her in turn to provide him with a photograph of herself in the role of the Countess ([[Letter 4796]]). The singer duly replied from [[Prague]] on 7 February 1893 {{NS}}:


In 1885, Alopeus commissioned the [[Jurisprudence March]] and [[Jurists' Song]] from Tchaikovsky, to be performed as part of the schools fiftieth anniversary celebrations.
{{quote|Dear Sir,}}


==Correspondence with Ivan Alopeus==
{{quote|Please receive a thousand thanks for your kindness. By presenting me with your autograph you have made me indescribably happy. I shall cherish it with profound respect as a valuable keepsake and ask you, dear maestro, to accept from me the enclosed photographs as a faint token of my gratitude for the role in your incomparable opera ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'', in whose cast I had the honour of appearing, much as I was unworthy of such an honour.}}
No letters from Tchaikovsky to his old tutor have survived, but 2 letters from Ivan Alopeus to the composer, both dating from 1885, are are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 13–14).
 
{{quote|With the very greatest admiration, your devoted}}
 
{{quote|''Růžena Vykoukalová''<br/>member of the National Opera in [[Prague]] <ref name="note2"/>.}}
 
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová have survived, dating from 1892 and 1893, both of which have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 4796]]''' – 4/16 November 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4866]]''' – 16/28 February 1893, from [[Moscow]]
 
One letters from Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová to the composer, dating from 26 January/7 February 1893, is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, No. 500).
 
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1902/34}} (1902)
* {{bib|1968/5}} (1968)
* {{bib|2015/15}} (2015)


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:ru:Алопеус,_Иван_Самойлович|Wikipedia]] (Russian)
* {{viaf|305386329}}


[[Category:People|Alopeus, Ivan]]
==Notes and References==
[[Category:Correspondents|Alopeus, Ivan]]
<references>
<ref name="note1">{{bib|1997/96|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1997), p. 506.</ref>
<ref name="note2">This letter is included in {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), p. 178.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:People|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]
[[Category:Singers|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]

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Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová (1868-1921), as the Countess in The Queen of Spades

Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 27 June 1868 [N.S.] in Kostelec nad Černými lesy; d. 18 October 1921 in Prague).

She performed the role of the Countess at the first production at the National Theatre in Prague of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (30 September/12 October 1892). Tchaikovsky, who attended this performance, "of all the members of the cast liked most of all Madame Bradačova-Vykoukalová, who displayed the talent of a great dramatic actress in her interpretation of the role of the Queen of Spades [i.e. the Countess]" [1]. At her request Tchaikovsky sent her his photograph on 4/16 November 1892 and in the accompanying letter asked her in turn to provide him with a photograph of herself in the role of the Countess (Letter 4796). The singer duly replied from Prague on 7 February 1893 [N.S.]:

Dear Sir,

Please receive a thousand thanks for your kindness. By presenting me with your autograph you have made me indescribably happy. I shall cherish it with profound respect as a valuable keepsake and ask you, dear maestro, to accept from me the enclosed photographs as a faint token of my gratitude for the role in your incomparable opera The Queen of Spades, in whose cast I had the honour of appearing, much as I was unworthy of such an honour.

With the very greatest admiration, your devoted

Růžena Vykoukalová
member of the National Opera in Prague [2].

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová have survived, dating from 1892 and 1893, both of which have been translated into English on this website:

One letters from Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová to the composer, dating from 26 January/7 February 1893, is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, No. 500).

Bibliography

External Links

Notes and References