| Aleko | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sergei_Rachmaninoff,_1892.jpg) Rachmaninoff in 1892 | |
| Native title | Russian: Алеко |
| Librettist | Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | The Gypsies by Pushkin |
| Premiere | 9 May 1893 Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow |
Aleko (Russian: Алеко) is the first of three completed operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian libretto was written by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and is an adaptation of the 1827 poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin. The opera was written in 1892 as a graduation work at the Moscow Conservatory, and it won the highest prizes from the conservatory judges that year.[citation needed] It was first performed in Moscow on 9 May 1893.