Grigory Lishin
Tchaikovsky Research
Russian composer, translator and librettist (b. 23 April/5 May 1854 in Saint Petersburg; d. 15/27 June 1888 in Saint Petersburg), born Grigory Andreyevich Lishin (Григорий Андреевич Лишин).
Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Lishin
In September 1878, Bogomir Korsov, performing the role of Prince Vyazminsky in Tchaikovsky's opera The Oprichnik at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, asked Tchaikovsky to write an additional aria for him. The composer flatly refused to carry out this request and suggested that Korsov should ask the composer Grigory Lishin to write the additional aria (Act II, No. 9a), provided this was stated on the concert bills. But Korsov persisted, and Tchaikovsky wrote the music to accompany Lishin's words in October 1878.
