Performance History
The premiere performance took place on 27 October 1865 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, conducted by Konstantin Lyadov, while the Moscow premiere took place during the following year at the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow conducted by Shramek.
The premiere of the opera proved to be a resounding hit, and the work remained extremely popular through the end of the Russian Empire.
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