The Miserly Knight, also The Covetous Knight (Russian: Скупой рыцарь, Skupój rýtsar’), is a Russian opera in one act with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with the libretto based on Alexander Pushkin's drama of the same name. It contains roles for five male singers, but no females. The composer decided essentially to set the Pushkin text as written, and had Feodor Chaliapin in mind for the role of the Baron, however, Chaliapin withdrew from the production over artistic differences.
| Librettist | Sergei Rachmaninov (Based on Aleksandr Pushkin) |
| Date of composition | 1905 (1903-1905) |
| Premiered | 1906, January 24th (Bolchoi Theatre) in Moscow, Russia |
| First published | 1905 in Moscow, Russia |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Op. 24 |
| Approx. duration | 60 minutes |
| Spoken language | Russian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Baritone)
- Baron (i.e., the knight of the opera's title)
Voice (Tenor) - Albert (Albyer), Baron's son Voice (Bass) - Ivan, servant (sluga) Voice (Tenor) - Moneylender (Rostovschik) Voice (Baritone) - Duke (Gyertsog) Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
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