| The Enchantress | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Tchaikovsky | |
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| Native title | Russian: Чародейка, Charodéyka |
| Librettist | Ippolit Shpazhinsky |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | Shpazhinsky's drama The Enchantress |
| Premiere | 1 November 1887 Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg |
The Enchantress (or The Sorceress, Russian: Чародейка, romanized: Charodéyka ) is an opera in four acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on the libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky, using his drama with the same title. The opera was composed between September 1885 and May 1887 in Maidanovo (a village in the Klin district of Moscow) and was first performed in Saint Petersburg in 1887.