Alexander Pushkin

Born: June 6, 1799 - Died: February 10, 1837 (37 years)

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His maternal great-grandfather was Central-African-born general Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation, Pushkin recited his controversial poem 'Ode to Liberty', that led to his exile by Tsar Alexander I. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama 'Boris Godunov'. In 1820, he published his first long poem, 'Ruslan and Ludmila', with much controversy about its subject and style. His novel in verse, 'Eugene Onegin', was serialized between 1825 and 1832. Critics consider many of his works masterpieces, such as the poem 'The Bronze Horseman' and the drama 'The Stone Guest', a tale of the fall of Don Juan. His poetic short drama 'Mozart and Salieri' was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' as well as providing the libretto (almost verbatim) to Rimsky-Korsakov's opera 'Mozart and Salieri'. Pushkin is also known for his short stories. In particular his cycle 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin', including 'The Shot' and 'The Stationmaster', and 'The Queen of Spades', a story frequently anthologized in English translation.

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Alexander Pushkin

The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Boris Godunov

Onegin

Onegin

Carmen

Boris

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

The Stolen Princess

Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Queen of Spades

Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Komische Oper Berlin)

Dubrovsky

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Boris Godunov

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Little Tragedies

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin

Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья

Boris Godunov

About the Fisherman and the Fish

Russian Riot

The Queen of Spades

Onegin

Boris Godunov

Eugene Onegin

Boris Godunov

Mazeppa

Ruslan and Lyudmila

Lady Into Lassie

Eugene Onegin

Devil, I'm Bored

Pique Dame

The Visitor

Anyegin

The Belkin Tales: The Undertaker

Vladimir Dubrovsky: The Noble Robber

Boris Godunov

Eugene Onegin

These... Three True Cards...

The Queen of Spades

Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov

O rybáři a rybce

Boris Godunov

The Legend of Salieri

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

The Belkin Tales: The Blizzard

The Queen of Spades

Autumn

The Belkin Tales: The Shot

Little Tragedies

With You I Am Again...

Bells of Autumn

Eugen Onegin

Ball

The Captain's Daughter

Boris Godunov

I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding

Dobrodruh a kavalír

The Little House in Kolomna

Piková dáma

Sensuela

Pushkin's Fairy Tales

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

Tears of Blood

Ruslan and Ludmila

Dama pikowa

The Station Master

The Stone Guest

Little Tragedies

Boris Godunov. Scenes from the Tragedy