Catherine the Great's Woeful Knight: A Slanted Parody.

From: Theatre History Studies | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: O'MALLEY, LURANA DONNELS | Copyright information

"How is it going, and will it be funny'?" asked an anxious librettist. In December 1788, a new comic opera was being readied for its premiere at the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg. The composer was Martin y Soler, and the author of the opera's verse portions was A.V. Khrapovitskii. The librettist, concerned about the success of the opera's humor, was the Empress Catherine the Great. (See Fig. 1) The Woeful Knight Kosometovich (Gorebogatyr' Kosometovich), a charming and light p...

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