Dimitrij (opera)

Dimitrij
Grand opera by Antonín Dvořák
Scenes from Dimitrij by Emil Zillich for the Světozor journal, 1883
LibrettistMarie Červinková-Riegrová
LanguageCzech
Based onFerdinand Mikovec's Dimitr Ivanovič
Premiere
8 October 1882 (1882-10-08)
New Czech Theatre, Prague

Dimitrij is a Czech-language grand opera in four acts by Antonín Dvořák (B. 127, Op. 64), set to a libretto by Marie Červinková-Riegrová, with a plot derived from Ferdinand Mikovec's Dimitr Ivanovič, itself based upon Friedrich Schiller's incomplete Demetrius. The work was first performed in Prague in 1882.