Aleko
Aleko. Opera in 1 act by Rachmaninov, lib. by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko, based on Pushkin's 1824 poem Tsygany (Gipsies). Comp. 1892. Prod. Moscow 1893, London 1915, NY 1926.
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