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| {{picture|file=Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová.jpg|caption='''Růžena Vykoukalová-Bradáčová''' (1868-1921), as the Countess in ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''}}
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| Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 27 June 1868 {{NS}} in Kostelec nad Černými lesy; d. 18 October 1921 in [[Prague]]).
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| 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}}:
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| {{quote|Dear Sir,}}
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| {{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.}}
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| {{quote|With the very greatest admiration, your devoted}}
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| {{quote|''Růžena Vykoukalová''<br/>member of the National Opera in [[Prague]] <ref name="note2"/>.}}
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 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:
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| * '''[[Letter 4796]]''' – 4/16 November 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4866]]''' – 16/28 February 1893, from [[Moscow]]
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| 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).
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1902/34}} (1902)
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| * {{bib|1968/5}} (1968)
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| * {{bib|2015/15}} (2015)
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| ==External Links==
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| * {{viaf|305386329}}
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| ==Notes and References==
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| <ref name="note1">{{bib|1997/96|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1997), p. 506.</ref>
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| <ref name="note2">This letter is included in {{bib|1970/6|Чайковский и зарубежные музыканты}} (1970), p. 178.</ref>
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| </references>
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| [[Category:People|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]
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| [[Category:Singers|Vykoukalova-Bradaceva, Ruzena]]
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