Letter 3346
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Russian text (original)
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English translation
Copyright © 2010 by
Luis Sundkvist
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| Майданово, 10
сент[ября 18]87 г. |
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Maidanovo, 10 September 1887
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| Дорогая Эмилия Карловна! |
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Dear Emiliia
Karlovna! |
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Я придумал чудесные сокращения дуэта 3-го действия, а конец изменил согласно совету
Направника!
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I have come up with some wonderful abridgements for the Act III duet, and I have modified the finale in accordance with
Nápravník's advice![1]
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Целую Ваши ручки!
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I kiss your hands!
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На днях пришлю!
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I'll send [the revised piano-vocal score] any day now!
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Ваш П. Чайковский
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Yours, P. Tchaikovsky
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Насчёт Сергея Евграфовича ещё не успел ничего обдумать.
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With regard to Sergei Evgrafovich, I haven't had time yet to think this
over [2].
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Notes:
- On his return from Saint
Petersburg, where on 7/19 September 1887 he had attended a preliminary rehearsal (without orchestra) of
The Enchantress and consulted with the singers and
Eduard Nápravník, Tchaikovsky immediately set about making changes and cuts to various sections of his opera. These concerned, in particular, the duet between Nastas'ia and the Prince's son in Act III, as well as Act IV which
Nápravník felt was too long. By 19 September/1 October Tchaikovsky had completed all these modifications (including their orchestration), and that day he sent the piano score with all the corrections to
Saint Petersburg—note based on information provided by Vasilii Kiselev in:
Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 402
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- Emiliia
Pavlovskaia's husband, Sergei Evgrafovich Pavlovskii (1846–1915), was also a singer (a baritone) and a member of the
Saint Petersburg Mariinskii Theatre's troupe. At the première of
The Enchantress he was to perform the role of the sorcerer Kud'ma.
Nápravník had demanded that the duet between Kud'ma and the Princess be omitted altogether, but Tchaikovsky insisted on retaining it—note by Vasilii Kiselev in:
Чайковский на московской сцене (1940), p. 402
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