September 27 1905 (Julian calendar)

Bolshoi Theatre
Moscow, Russia
Rachmaninoff's role
Conductor
Notes
This was the Moscow premiere of the opera, which had been produced in St Petersburg the previous year. Keldysh (p. 218) highlights that the St Petersburg production had been undertaken by a private opera company, also noting Rimsky-Korsakov's situation in the complex politics of the time. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.
Pan Voyevoda
Rimsky-Korsakov