Operas
Tchaikovsky completed eleven operas between 1867 and 1891:
TH | ČW | Opus | Title | Description | Year |
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1 | 1 | 3 | The Voyevoda | Opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes | 1867–68 |
2 | 2 | — | Undina | Opera in 3 acts | 1869 |
3 | 3 | — | The Oprichnik | Opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes | 1870–72 |
4 | 4 | 14 | Vakula the Smith | Comic opera in 3 acts and 8 scenes | 1874 |
5 | 5 | 24 | Yevgeny Onegin | Lyrical scenes in 3 acts and 7 tableaux | 1877–78 |
6 | 6 | — | The Maid of Orleans | Opera in 4 acts and 6 scenes | 1878–79 |
7 | 7 | — | Mazepa | Opera in 3 acts and 6 scenes | 1881–83 |
8 | 8 | — | Cherevichki | Comic-fantastic opera in 4 acts and 8 scenes | 1885 |
9 | 9 | — | The Enchantress | Opera in 4 acts | 1885–87 |
10 | 10 | 68 | The Queen of Spades | Opera in 3 acts and 7 scenes | 1890 |
11 | 11 | 69 | Iolanta | Lyric opera in one act | 1891 |
In addition to the above projects, single scenes survive for two further operas which were not completed: Mandragora (1869–70) and Romeo and Juliet (1878–81).
Tchaikovsky also gave serious consideration to the following operatic subjects: Hyperbola (1854); The Storm (1864–67?); The Palm (?1867–68); Alexander of Macedon (1868); Raimond Lully (1870); Ephraim (1875–76); Francesca da Rimini (1876); Othello (1876–77); Undina (1878-93); Les Caprices de Marianne (1878-88); Vanka the Steward (1881); The Captain's Daughter (1885–88); The Bayadere (1888); La Courtisane (Sadia) (1888–91); Béla (1889–93); The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton (1893); Mister Gilfil's Love Story (1893); and Adam Bede (1893).
He also provided additional recitatives and an introductory chorus to Auber's opera Le Domino noir (1868), and adapted Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro for the Russian stage (1875).