Letter 4819
| Date | 7/19 December 1892 |
|---|---|
| Addressed to | Anatoly Tchaikovsky |
| Where written | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
| Autograph Location | Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 3231) |
| Publication | Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 3 (1902), p. 581 (abridged) П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 521 П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-Б (1979), p. 201 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 523 (English translation) (dated 9/21 December}) |
Text and Translation
| Russian text (original) |
English translation By Brett Langston |
7 дек[абря] Милый Толя! Опера и балет имели вчера большой успех. Особенно опера всем очень понравилась. Накануне была репетиция с государем. Он был в восхищении, призывал в ложу и наговорил массу сочувственных слов. Постановка того и другого великолепна и в балете даже слишком великолепна, — глаза устают от этой роскоши. Более подробно я напишу тебе сегодня же или завтра. Пока крепко всех вас обнимаю. П. Ч. |
7 December Dear Tolya! The opera and ballet had great success yesterday [1]. The opera in particular was to everyone's liking. The night before we had a rehearsal with the Emperor [2]. He was enraptured, called me to the box and uttered a mass of agreeable words. Both were staged magnificently, and the ballet was even too magnificent: the eyes tire of such sumptuousness. I'll write to you today or tomorrow with more details. Until then I hug you all tightly. P. T. |
Notes and References
- ↑ The premieres of the opera Iolanta and the ballet The Nutcracker took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 6/18 December.
- ↑ Tsar Alexander III.
