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	This performance was not a success, as the English music critic [[Herman Klein]] (1856–1934) would explain to Tchaikovsky on 31 May/12 June 1893 when they happened to be in the same train carriage on the way from [[London]] to [[Cambridge]], where the Russian composer was due to receive his Honorary Doctorate from the university. Klein did, however, point out that [[Eugène Oudin]] had made a favourable impression as Onegin, and Tchaikovsky would later invite the American baritone, whom he seems to have met just before leaving England on 2/14 June 1893, to perform in Russia <ref name="note1"/>.		This performance was not a success, as the English music critic [[Herman Klein]] (1856–1934) would explain to Tchaikovsky on 31 May/12 June 1893 when they happened to be in the same train carriage on the way from [[London]] to [[Cambridge]], where the Russian composer was due to receive his Honorary Doctorate from the university. Klein did, however, point out that [[Eugène Oudin]] had made a favourable impression as Onegin, and Tchaikovsky would later invite the American baritone, whom he seems to have met just before leaving England on 2/14 June 1893, to perform in Russia <ref name="note1"/>.
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			==Dedications==
			In 1893, Tchaikovsky dedicated his piano piece ''L'espiègle'' — No. 12 of the [[Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72]] — "à Mme. Aléxandrine Swétoslavsky".

	==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==		==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
	4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya have survived, dating from 1887 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:		4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya have survived, dating from 1887 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

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	Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 26 April/8 May 1855 or 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England.		Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 26 April/8 May 1855 or 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England.

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	Svyatlovskaya became a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] in 1875 and sang there until 1887. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of her early performances in his music review articles (see [[TH 303]], [[TH 312]] and [[TH 313]]). In 1887, she created the role of Solokha in the opera ''[[Cherevichki]]''. In the following years her engagements took her to Germany and (in the 1890s) to [[London]]. At the turn of the century Svyatlovskaya also appeared as an oratorio and lieder singer, and in 1904 she set up her own private opera company in [[Moscow]]. Apart from Tchaikovsky, she corresponded with several other leading Russian composers ([[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], Aleksandr Grechaninov, etc.).		Svyatlovskaya became a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] in 1875 and sang there until 1887. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of her early performances in his music review articles (see [[TH 303]], [[TH 312]] and [[TH 313]]). In 1887, she created the role of Solokha in the opera ''[[Cherevichki]]''. In the following years her engagements took her to Germany and (in the 1890s) to [[London]]. At the turn of the century Svyatlovskaya also appeared as an oratorio and lieder singer, and in 1904 she set up her own private opera company in [[Moscow]]. Apart from Tchaikovsky, she corresponded with several other leading Russian composers ([[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], Aleksandr Grechaninov, etc.).

	{{picture\|file=Onegin London 1892.jpg\|caption=Line illustration from the ''Daily Graphic'', October 1892, reproducing scenes from the first British performance of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[London]]}}		She helped to organize many stagings of Russian operas in [[London]], and it is very likely that the first English-language production of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Olympic Theatre on 17 October 1892 {{NS}} was undertaken on her initiative.
	She helped to organize many stagings of Russian operas in [[London]], and it is very likely that the first English-language production of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Olympic Theatre on 17 October 1892 {{NS}} was undertaken on her initiative. The libretto had been translated by Mrs Sutherland Edwards and the cast included: Fanny Moody (1866–1945) as Tatyana, the Franco-American baritone [[Eugène Oudin]] as Onegin, Charles Manners (1857–1935) as Prince Gremin, and Svyatlovskaya herself as the Nurse. On the conductor's rostrum was the young Henry Wood (1869–1944), who would later become such an influential force in British musical life.		{{picture\|file=Onegin London 1892.jpg\|align=left\|caption=Line illustration from the ''Daily Graphic'', October 1892, reproducing scenes from the first British performance of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[London]]}}

			The libretto had been translated by Mrs Sutherland Edwards and the cast included: Fanny Moody (1866–1945) as Tatyana, the Franco-American baritone [[Eugène Oudin]] as Onegin, Charles Manners (1857–1935) as Prince Gremin, and Svyatlovskaya herself as the Nurse. On the conductor's rostrum was the young Henry Wood (1869–1944), who would later become such an influential force in British musical life.

	This performance was not a success, as the English music critic [[Herman Klein]] (1856–1934) would explain to Tchaikovsky on 31 May/12 June 1893 when they happened to be in the same train carriage on the way from [[London]] to [[Cambridge]], where the Russian composer was due to receive his Honorary Doctorate from the university. Klein did, however, point out that [[Eugène Oudin]] had made a favourable impression as Onegin, and Tchaikovsky would later invite the American baritone, whom he seems to have met just before leaving England on 2/14 June 1893, to perform in Russia <ref name="note1"/>.		This performance was not a success, as the English music critic [[Herman Klein]] (1856–1934) would explain to Tchaikovsky on 31 May/12 June 1893 when they happened to be in the same train carriage on the way from [[London]] to [[Cambridge]], where the Russian composer was due to receive his Honorary Doctorate from the university. Klein did, however, point out that [[Eugène Oudin]] had made a favourable impression as Onegin, and Tchaikovsky would later invite the American baritone, whom he seems to have met just before leaving England on 2/14 June 1893, to perform in Russia <ref name="note1"/>.
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	==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==		==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
	4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya have survived, dating from 1887 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:		4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya have survived, dating from 1887 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

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	Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. ~~14/~~26 April 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England.		Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 26 April/8 May 1855 or 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England.

	==Tchaikovsky and Svyatlovskaya==		==Tchaikovsky and Svyatlovskaya==
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	* '''[[Letter 4978]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]		* '''[[Letter 4978]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]

	8 letters from Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya to the composer, dating from ~~1888 and~~ 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].		8 letters from Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya to the composer, dating from 1886 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup\|4}}, Nos. 3987–3994).

			==External Links==
			* [[wikipedia:ru:Святловская,_Александра_Владимировна\|Wikipedia]] (Russian)

	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	[[Category:Singers\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]		[[Category:Singers\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]
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	* '''[[Letter 4978]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]		* '''[[Letter 4978]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]

	8 letters from Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya to the composer, dating from 1888 and 1893, are preserved in the [[Klin]] ~~House-Museum Archive~~.		8 letters from Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya to the composer, dating from 1888 and 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].

	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==

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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
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	<ref name="note1">An extract from Herman Klein's memoirs in which he relates his conversation with Tchaikovsky on the train to [[Cambridge]], is included in {{bib\|1993/33\|Tchaikovsky Remembered}} (1993), p.188–189, and in {{bib\|1999/93\|Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes}} (1999), p. 157–161. However, the passage in which Klein described [[Eugène Oudin]]'s performance in the English premiere of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' and how Tchaikovsky had told him that he wanted to invite the singer to Russia, has been omitted there. It can be found (in Russian translation) in {{bib\|1980/24\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1980), p. 310–312. [[Oudin]] did indeed come to Russia later that year, and Tchaikovsky had promised to attend his début at a concert in [[Moscow]] (in a letter to [[Oudin]] which has unfortunately been lost), but the composer's fatal illness prevented him from keeping this promise. At the first concert held in [[Saint Petersburg]] in memory of Tchaikovsky (on 6/18 November 1893), [[Oudin]] would sing ''Onegin's Arioso'' and two of the composer's songs.</ref>		<ref name="note1">An extract from Herman Klein's memoirs, in which he relates his conversation with Tchaikovsky on the train to [[Cambridge]], is included in {{bib\|1993/33\|Tchaikovsky Remembered}} (1993), p.188–189, and in {{bib\|1999/93\|Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes}} (1999), p. 157–161. However, the passage in which Klein described [[Eugène Oudin]]'s performance in the English premiere of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' and how Tchaikovsky had told him that he wanted to invite the singer to Russia, has been omitted there. It can be found (in Russian translation) in {{bib\|1980/24\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1980), p. 310–312. [[Oudin]] did indeed come to Russia later that year, and Tchaikovsky had promised to attend his début at a concert in [[Moscow]] (in a letter to [[Oudin]] which has unfortunately been lost), but the composer's fatal illness prevented him from keeping this promise. At the first concert held in [[Saint Petersburg]] in memory of Tchaikovsky (on 6/18 November 1893), [[Oudin]] would sing ''Onegin's Arioso'' and two of the composer's songs.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
	[[Category:People\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]		[[Category:People\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]
	[[Category:Correspondents\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]		[[Category:Correspondents\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]
	[[Category:Singers\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]		[[Category:Singers\|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]

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	Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 14/26 April 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England		Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 14/26 April 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England.

	==Tchaikovsky and Svyatlovskaya==		==Tchaikovsky and Svyatlovskaya==

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Russian singer (contralto/mezzo-soprano) and teacher (b. 14/26 April 1856; d. 1923 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Svyatlovskaya''''' (Александра Владимировна Святловская); also known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Vladimirovna Müller''''' (Александра Владимировна Миллер), or as '''''Madame de Swiatlowsky''''' in England

==Tchaikovsky and Svyatlovskaya==
Svyatlovskaya became a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] in 1875 and sang there until 1887. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of her early performances in his music review articles (see [[TH 303]], [[TH 312]] and [[TH 313]]). In 1887, she created the role of Solokha in the opera ''[[Cherevichki]]''. In the following years her engagements took her to Germany and (in the 1890s) to [[London]]. At the turn of the century Svyatlovskaya also appeared as an oratorio and lieder singer, and in 1904 she set up her own private opera company in [[Moscow]]. Apart from Tchaikovsky, she corresponded with several other leading Russian composers ([[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], Aleksandr Grechaninov, etc.).

{{picture|file=Onegin London 1892.jpg|caption=Line illustration from the ''Daily Graphic'', October 1892, reproducing scenes from the first British performance of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[London]]}}
She helped to organize many stagings of Russian operas in [[London]], and it is very likely that the first English-language production of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Olympic Theatre on 17 October 1892 {{NS}} was undertaken on her initiative. The libretto had been translated by Mrs Sutherland Edwards and the cast included: Fanny Moody (1866–1945) as Tatyana, the Franco-American baritone [[Eugène Oudin]] as Onegin, Charles Manners (1857–1935) as Prince Gremin, and Svyatlovskaya herself as the Nurse. On the conductor's rostrum was the young Henry Wood (1869–1944), who would later become such an influential force in British musical life.

This performance was not a success, as the English music critic [[Herman Klein]] (1856–1934) would explain to Tchaikovsky on 31 May/12 June 1893 when they happened to be in the same train carriage on the way from [[London]] to [[Cambridge]], where the Russian composer was due to receive his Honorary Doctorate from the university. Klein did, however, point out that [[Eugène Oudin]] had made a favourable impression as Onegin, and Tchaikovsky would later invite the American baritone, whom he seems to have met just before leaving England on 2/14 June 1893, to perform in Russia <ref name="note1"/>.

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya have survived, dating from 1887 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 3231]]''' – 19 April/1 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4914]]''' – 13/25 April 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4944]]''' – 27 May/8 June 1893, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 4978]]''' – 19/31 July 1893, from [[Klin]]

8 letters from Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya to the composer, dating from 1888 and 1893, are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">An extract from Herman Klein's memoirs in which he relates his conversation with Tchaikovsky on the train to [[Cambridge]], is included in {{bib|1993/33|Tchaikovsky Remembered}} (1993), p.188–189, and in {{bib|1999/93|Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes}} (1999), p. 157–161. However, the passage in which Klein described [[Eugène Oudin]]'s performance in the English premiere of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' and how Tchaikovsky had told him that he wanted to invite the singer to Russia, has been omitted there. It can be found (in Russian translation) in {{bib|1980/24|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1980), p. 310–312. [[Oudin]] did indeed come to Russia later that year, and Tchaikovsky had promised to attend his début at a concert in [[Moscow]] (in a letter to [[Oudin]] which has unfortunately been lost), but the composer's fatal illness prevented him from keeping this promise. At the first concert held in [[Saint Petersburg]] in memory of Tchaikovsky (on 6/18 November 1893), [[Oudin]] would sing ''Onegin's Arioso'' and two of the composer's songs.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:People|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]
[[Category:Singers|Svyatlovskaya, Aleksandra]]