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{{picture|file=Adelina Bolska.jpg|caption='''Adelina Bolska''' (1864–1930)}}
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Russian soprano (b. 1864 in [[Moscow]]; d. 1930), born '''''Adelina Yulianovna Skompskaya''''' (Аделина Юлиановна Скомпская); known onstage as '''''Adelina Bolska''''' (Аделина Больска), or after her marriage as Countess '''''Adelina Dienheim-Brochocki-Szczawińska'''''.
|Date=late 1860s <ref name="note1"/>
|To=[[Ivan Klimenko]]
|Place=[[Moscow]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 200
|Notes=Manuscript copy in [[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}}
}}
==Text and Translation==
Based on a handwritten copy in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text=Друг души! Я совершенно позабыл вчера дать тебе знать, что тебя просит к себе сегодня в среду Рачинский. Пожалуйста, будь у него; заходи за мной в 8½ ч[асов] в Московский трактир, а оттуда пойдём вместе.


After graduating from the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, Adelina toured Italy and [[Paris]], before returning to Russia to wide acclaim at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] and the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]]. In 1893 she married the Polish Count Alexander Dienheim-Brochocki-Szczawiński (1841–1907).
Верный по гроб.
{{right|Пёттттр}}


==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
|Translated text=Spirit friend! I completely forgot yesterday to let you know that [[Rachinsky]] asked you to come today, Wednesday. Please, join us; meet me at 8.30 in the Moscow restaurant, and from there we'll go on together.
3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Adelina Bolska have survived, dating from 1889 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website.
* '''[[Letter 3887]]''' – 26 June/8 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4662]]''' – 11/23 April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4946]]''' – 29 May/10 June–30 May/11 June 1893, from [[London]]


[[Category:People|Bolska, Adelina]]
Loyal unto the grave
[[Category:Correspondents|Bolska, Adelina]]
{{right|Pyotttttr <ref name="note2"/>}}
[[Category:Nobility|Bolska, Adelina]]
}}
[[Category:Singers|Bolska, Adelina]]
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Dated to the late 1860s on the basis that Tchaikovsky was friendly with [[Sergey Rachinsky]] at that time.</ref>
<ref name="note2">The composer and [[Ivan Klimenko]] often referred to themselves by humorous versions of their names.</ref>
</references>
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Revision as of 14:25, 12 July 2022

Date late 1860s [1]
Addressed to Ivan Klimenko
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location unknown
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 200
Notes Manuscript copy in Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve

Text and Translation

Based on a handwritten copy in the Klin House-Museum Archive, which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.

Russian text
(original) 		English translation
By Brett Langston
Друг души! Я совершенно позабыл вчера дать тебе знать, что тебя просит к себе сегодня в среду Рачинский. Пожалуйста, будь у него; заходи за мной в 8½ ч[асов] в Московский трактир, а оттуда пойдём вместе.

Верный по гроб.

Пёттттр

 Spirit friend! I completely forgot yesterday to let you know that Rachinsky asked you to come today, Wednesday. Please, join us; meet me at 8.30 in the Moscow restaurant, and from there we'll go on together.

Loyal unto the grave

Pyotttttr [2]

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Dated to the late 1860s on the basis that Tchaikovsky was friendly with Sergey Rachinsky at that time.
  2. ↑ The composer and Ivan Klimenko often referred to themselves by humorous versions of their names.
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