The Captain's Daughter (opera)

The Captain's Daughter (Капитанская дочка in Cyrillic; Kapitanskaja dočka in transliteration) is an opera in four acts (eight tableaux) by César Cui, composed during 1907–1909.

The opera was premiered on 14 February 1911 (Old Style) at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg under the conductorship of Eduard Nápravník.

The father decides to send his seventeen-year-old son Petr off to become a soldier; the household bids him farewell as he leaves with Savel'ich.

An orchestral interlude represents their journey, in which they are trapped in a snowstorm and rescued by a Guide.

Petr has a dream in which his father lies dying on a bed with his mother and servants around.

Petr walks up to the scene and finds that the man in the bed is not his father, but the Guide, who tries to bless him and then waves an axe in all directions, causing a disturbance.

Zharkov is helping Mironova wind her yarn, a group of invalid soldiers marches past.

Petr, who has already settled in, reads a love poem he has written to get Shvabrin's opinion.

This leads to an argument between them concerning Masha; they agree to a duel and go off elsewhere to take care of it.

He awakens and proposes marriage to her, but she is concerned about whether his family will accept her; he assures her otherwise.

Savel'ich enters with a letter from Grinev which refuses permission to Petr to marry Masha.

Mironova, Zharkov, Petr, Shvabrin, and Mironov join in a patriotic oath not to surrender.

Pugachev is left wondering about his fate as a last string of Chumakov's song is sung.

Pugachev agrees, tells Shvabrin to give them a pass to travel, and bids them farewell.

The Empress grants Masha's request by pardoning Petr, and blesses their life together, as the courtiers resume their praise.

Словарь опер впервые поставленных или изданных в дореволюционной России и в СССР, 1736-1959 [Dictionary of Operas First Performed or Published in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and in the USSR, 1836-1959].

Капитанская дочка: опера в четырех действиях и восьмих картинах.

Для пения с фортепиано [The Captain's Daughter, opera in four acts and eight tableaux.

Цезарь Антонович Кюи [Cezar' Antonovič Kjui].