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|Translated text={{centre|Most gracious [[Vasily Vasilyevich]]!}}
|Translated text={{centre|Most gracious [[Vasily Vasilyevich]]!}}
Living in [[Moscow]] it is impossible for me to be personally involved in matters relating to the production of my opera "[[The Oprichnik]]", and therefore I ask you to stand in for me whenever it turns out to be necessary.  
Living in [[Moscow]], it is impossible for me to be personally involved in matters relating to the production of my opera "[[The Oprichnik]]", and therefore I ask you to stand in for me whenever it turns out to be necessary.  


Your devoted,
Your devoted,
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
''[[Moscow]]'', 2nd January 1873.
''[[Moscow]]'', 2nd January 1873
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: Morozova — ''Leonova'' (Platonova).
: Morozova — ''Leonova'' (Platonova).
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: Andrey — ''Orlov'' ([[Kommisarzhevsky]]).
: Andrey — ''Orlov'' ([[Kommisarzhevsky]]).
: ''Vyazminsky'' — ''Sarotti''.
: ''Vyazminsky'' — ''Sarotti''.
: ''Basmanov'' — ''Krutikova''.
: ''Basmanov'' — ''[[Krutikova]]''.
: ''Zakharyevna'' — ''Zubynina''.
: ''Zakharyevna'' — ''Zubynina''.
: ''Zhemchuzhny'' — ''Sobolev''.
: ''Zhemchuzhny'' — ''Sobolev''.


(The Act 4 dances are for men and women)
(The Act 4 dances are for men and women.)
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 23 February 2024

Date 2/14 January 1873
Addressed to Vasily Bessel
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Russian National Museum of Music (ф. 42, No. 223)
Publication К новым берегам (1923), No. 2, p. 45–46
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том V (1959), p. 296

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Любезный Василий Васильевич!

Живя в Москве, я поставлен в невозможность принимать личное участие в делах, касающихся постановки моей оперы «Опричник», а потому прошу тебя заменять меня во всех случаях, где это окажется нужным.

Преданный тебе,

П. Чайковский

Москва, 2-го января 1873 г[ода]


Морозова — Леонова (Платонова).
Наташа — Меньшикова.
Андрей — Орлов (Коммисаржев[ский]).
ВязьминскийСарьотти.
БасмановКрутикова.
ЗахарьевнаЗубынина.
ЖемчужныйСоболев.

(Танцы 4 действ[ия] для мужчин и женщин).

Most gracious Vasily Vasilyevich!

Living in Moscow, it is impossible for me to be personally involved in matters relating to the production of my opera "The Oprichnik", and therefore I ask you to stand in for me whenever it turns out to be necessary.

Your devoted,

P. Tchaikovsky

Moscow, 2nd January 1873


Morozova — Leonova (Platonova).
Natasha — Menshikova.
Andrey — Orlov (Kommisarzhevsky).
VyazminskySarotti.
BasmanovKrutikova.
ZakharyevnaZubynina.
ZhemchuzhnySobolev.

(The Act 4 dances are for men and women.)