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Russian librettists

25 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Afanasy FetPerson · Music memorabiliaAfanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt]), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn]; 5 December [O.S.
Alexander RitterPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Sascha Ritter (7 June 1833 – 12 April 1896) was a German composer and violinist. He wrote two operas, Der faule Hans and Wem die Krone?; a few songs; a symphonic waltz;
Alexander SumarokovAuthor · BooksAlexander Petrovich Sumarokov (Villmanstrand –) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate the…
Alexei KhomyakovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Self-portrait (1842)
Dmitri ShostakovichPerson · Music memorabiliaDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 19069 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in…
Igor StravinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).
Ivan VsevolozhskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky (Russian: Иван Александрович Всеволожский; 1835–1909) was the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia from 1881 to 1898 and director of the Hermitage…
Michel FokineAuthor · BooksMichael Fokine (– 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Modest TchaikovskyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nestor KukolnikAuthor · BooksNestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (20 September 1809 – 20 December 1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin.
Osip MandelstamAuthor · BooksOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Sergei ProkofievPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (– 5 March 1953)While Prokofiev himself believed 11/23 April to be his birth date, the posthumous discovery of his birth certificate showed that he was actually…
Sergey GorodetskyArtist · PaintingsSergey Mitrofanovich Gorodetsky (Серге́й Митрофа́нович Городе́цкий; January 17 1884 – June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet.
Velimir KhlebnikovAuthor · BooksViktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov (Велими́р Хле́бников;
Vladimir LugovskoyAuthor · BooksVladimir Alexandrovich Lugovskoy (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Луговско́й; July 1, 1901 Moscow - June 5, 1957 Yalta) was a Russian constructivist poet.
Yakov KnyazhninAuthor · BooksYakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St. Petersburg) was a Russian writer.
Yakov PolonskyAuthor · BooksYakov Petrovich Polonsky was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.

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