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	Al-Ahram Weekly Culture Glorious gala
		Rakhmaninov's Aleko and Gala Concert with Cairo Opera Orchestra and Cairo Opera House soloists, conductor Alexei Lyudmilin; Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre performance with Bashkir Theatre soloists.
		And combined with choir and ballet performances, Serguey Rakhmaninov's first opera, Aleko, made for a happy audience, the only regret being the lack of a full house -- something this concert undoubtedly deserved.
		Their happiness is undermined by an impending disaster: the appearance of Aleko, who kills the lover, and, seeing Zemfira weep shamelessly over his corpse, proceeds to take her life as well.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/663/cu1.htm

	CLASSICAL MUSIC
		The season finale for the energetic, imaginative Bel Cantanti opera company, it was only the third American production of "Aleko," and the show was a revelation to many in the audience.
		Rachmaninoff composed "Aleko" as a graduation requirement at the Moscow Conservatory when he was only 19.
		The story is simple: A man (Aleko) has left mainstream society, joined a band of Gypsies and fallen in love with a Gypsy woman, Zemphira.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/19/AR2005061900969.html

	RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Aleko. [CC]: Classical CD Reviews- April 2001 MusicWeb(UK)
		Written after a poem by Pushkin, Aleko is an effective number opera, fitting neatly onto one CD with a running time of about an hour.
		Aleko is possibly the finest of Rachmaninov's operas.
		The baritone Vassily Gerello is an intensely musical Aleko, providing a beautifully sung Cavatina.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2001/Apr01/aleko.htm

	Rachmaninoff's 'Aleko' to premiere at Russian center
		Aleko abandons society to take up with a band of Gypsies and falls in love with Zemfira.
		"Aleko," to be performed Sunday afternoon at 3 at the Russian Cultural Center, 704 19th Ave.
		In the small cast are baritone Garry Aganesyantsm -- who has sung at the Moscow Opera Theater -- in the title role and soprano Anna Kazakova -- who has sung at the Bolshoi and Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg -- as Zemfira.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /classical/128382_aleko27.html

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Sergei Rachmaninov
		His first opera Aleko was staged at the Bolshoy, Moscow, in 1893 and praised by Tchaikovsky.
		OPERAS: Aleko (1892); The Miserly Knight (Skupoy rytsar) Op.24 (1903-5); Francesca da Rimini, Op.25 (1900, 1904-5); Monna Vanna (1907, one act in pf.
		In the summer of 1892 he wrote the Prelude in C# minor which became his most celebrated comp.
	www.classicalarchives.com /bios/codm/rachmaninov.html

	Music : Rachmaninov: Aleko
		I can recommend Aleko sincerely to anyone looking for an unfamiliar short romantic opera.
		If my dates are right, he was 19 when he composed it in something like 3 weeks and that is comparable as a phenomenon to what Mendelssohn achieved at a similar age.
		The libretto is simple and effective, a tale of lost love, jealousy and murder based on Pushkin's The Gipsies.
	www.isunet.net /shop/shop-item_id-B00005EB0F-search_type-AsinSearch-locale-us.html

	Moscow chamber orchestra
		ALEKO -- Opera in one act, based on Pushkin's poem, "The Gypsies"
		Read in English by Michael York (36:39) text translation by Walter Arndt
	www.moscowchamberorchestra.ru /rec03.php

	Moviefone: Aleko Movie
		While still a student he wrote a one act opera Aleko, and a set of piano...
		Synopsis: The Russian Aleko was adapted from A. Pushkin's poem The Gypsies.
		Script: Marko Stoychev ( based on the novel by Aleko Konstantenov)...
	movies.channel.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1125520

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