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|Date=24 November/6 December 1887<br />
|To=[[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]<br />
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mt}} (Pavlovskaya collection)<br />
|Publication={{bibx|1940/226|Чайковский на Московской сцене}} (1940), p. 413<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 268. }}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist<br />
|Original text={{right|''24 ноября [18]87 г[ода]''}}<br />
{{centre|Голубушка Эмилия Карловна!}}<br />
Правда ли, что 7-ое представление «''Чародейки''» было при пустом театре? Если да, то это самый скандальный провал, какой когда-либо был. Я был так утомлён от петербургских треволнений и от 2 московских концертов, что решительно не в состоянии был ехать в ''Тифлис''. Отдыхаю здесь насколько возможно. Простите, что не пишу подробно, но мне необходимо покамест даже от переписки воздерживаться, ибо нервы очень расшатались и признано нужным, чтобы я ровно ничего не делал. Целую ручки. Напишите 2 слова после 1-го<br />
предст[авления] «''Отелло''».<br />
{{right|Ваш П. Чайковский}}<br />
Леличке, С[ергею] Евгр[афовичу]и Ген[надию] Петр[овичу] привет.<br />
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|Translated text={{right|''24 November 1887''}}<br />
{{centre|Darling [[Emiliya Karlovna]]!}}<br />
Is it true that at the 7th performance of "''[[The Enchantress]]''" the theatre was empty? If it is, then this is the most scandalous fiasco that has ever taken place <ref name="note1"/>. I was so exhausted after the hectic bustle in [[Petersburg]] and the two [[Moscow]] concerts <ref name="note2"/>, that I was simply unable to travel to ''[[Tiflis]]''. I am resting here as far as that is possible. Forgive me for not writing in detail, but for the time being I must refrain even from writing letters, because my nerves are very much shattered and it has been deemed essential that I should not do work of any kind. I kiss your hands. Write me a couple of words after the 1st performance of "''Otello''" <ref name="note3"/>. <br />
{{right|Yours P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
Greetings to Lelichka, Sergey Yevgrafovich, and [[Gennady Petrovich]] <ref name="note4"/>. <br />
}}<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">The premiere of ''[[The Enchantress]]'' took place at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre on 20 October/1 November 1887, under the baton of Tchaikovsky, who conducted three more performances: on 23 October/4 November, 26 October/7 November, and 30 October/11 November. Already the fifth performance did not play to a full house, and the seventh performance played to a half-empty auditorium. On the day that he wrote this letter to [[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]] Tchaikovsky had read in the newspapers about the failure of his opera. See also [[Letter 3416]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 24 November/6 December 1887 — note based on information provided by Vasily Kiselev in {{bibx|1940/226| Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 413.</ref><br />
<ref name="note2">After attending the fifth performance of ''[[The Enchantress]]'' on 6/18 November 1887 (which he did not conduct himself), Tchaikovsky left for [[Moscow]] the following day. On 14/26 November he conducted a Russian Musical Society concert there for the first time. The programme was made up exclusively of his works: the fantasia ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]'', an arioso from ''[[The Enchantress]]'' (sung by Adelina Skompskaya), the [[Concert Fantasia]] for piano and orchestra (soloist: [[Taneyev]]), the ''[[Mozartiana]]'' suite (first performance), two songs (performed by Adelina Skompskaya), and the overture ''[[The Year 1812]]''. This concert was a tremendous success and was repeated the following day as a popular concert (with the tickets sold at lower prices to allow less affluent members of the public to attend it).</ref><br />
<ref name="note3">The first performance in Russia of [[Verdi]]'s ''Otello'' took place at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre on 26 November/8 December 1887, conducted by [[Nápravník]]. The title-role was sung to great acclaim by [[Nikolay Figner]], and [[Pavlovskaya]] was also very successful as Desdemona. See her letter to Tchaikovsky of 30 November/12 December 1887 in {{bibx|1940/226| Чайковский на московской сцене}} (1940), p. 414–415.</ref><br />
<ref name="note4">This note was written on the side of the page. [[Emiliya Pavlovskaya]]'s husband, Sergey Yevgrafovich Pavlovsky (1846–1915), was also a singer (a baritone) and a member of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Mariinsky Theatre's troupe. "Lelichka" (an affectionate diminutive of Yelena) refers to [[Pavlovskaya]]'s sister.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett