Dimitrij

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Dimitrij. Opera in 4 acts by Dvor̆ák to lib. by Marie C̆ervinková-Riegrová based on writings by Mikovec and on Schiller's Demetrius. Comp. 1881–2, prod. Prague 1882. Rev. 1883, prod. Prague 1883; further rev. 1885, prod. Prague 1892. Revised again 1894–5 with much re-composition, and prod. that year in Prague. For a prod. in 1904, Dvor̆ák reverted to a combination of the earlier and latest versions. Brit. f.p. Nottingham 1979. US f.p. NY (concert) 1984.

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