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Dimitri
is an 1876 French-language
grand opera
in five acts by
Victorin de Joncières
. Set to a libretto by
Henri de Bornier
and
Paul Armand Silvestre
after
Friedrich Schiller
's incomplete play
Demetrius
, itself a story based on the life of the Russian pretender
False Dmitry I
(reigned 1605–1606), the opera was first performed in Paris at the
Théâtre National Lyrique
.
Antonín Dvořák
's 1881 opera
Dimitrij
was also based on Schiller's play. This picture shows the set design for Act V of
Dimitri'
s première.
Art credit:
Philippe Chaperon
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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