CHAPTER XIII

TCHAIKOVSKY

Tchaikovsky considered apart from the nationalist circle. His early love of Italian opera. _The Voyevode._ _Undine._ _The Oprichnik._ The libretto described. _Cherevichek_, or _Le Caprice d'Oxane_. Passing influence of Balakirev's circle. _Eugene Oniegin._ _The Maid of Orleans._ The composer's enthusiasm for this opera. _Mazeppa._ Analysis of the subject. _Charodeika_ (_The Enchantress_). _The Queen of Spades._ _Iolanthe._ Analysis of Tchaikovsky's operatic styles......334