An opera in three acts
Libretto after Pushkin by V. P. Burenin
Music by Tchaikovsky sung in Russian: on records
Chorus. Orchestra, and Band of the Bolshoi Theatre
CONDUCTED BY VASSILY NEBOLSIN
The action takes place in the Ukraine at the beginning of the eighteenth century
Acr 1
Scene 1: The garden of Kochubey's estate Scene 2: A hall in the house of Kochubey