What is Ivan Vsevolozhsky?
[[File:Sleeping Beauty -Marie Petipa as the Lilac Fairy & Lyubov Vishnevskaya as an Attendant -1890.JPG|thumb|Lyubov Vishnevskaya (left) and [[Marie Petipa]] (right) in costumes designed by Vsevolozhsky for ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'']] '''Ivan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky''' ({{lang-ru|Иван Александрович Всеволожский}}; 1835–1909) was a Russian [[diplomat]], theatre director, librettist, and designer. He served as Director of the Imperial Theatres for [[Saint Petersburg]] from 1886 to 1899. He commissioned [[Tchaikovsky]] to compose the ballets ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1890) and ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' (1892). He wrote the libretti for both ballets with [[Marius Petipa]]. Vsevolozhsky designed costumes and scenery for 25 operas and ballets. In 1899, he was appointed Director of the [[Hermitage Museum]]. He remained in this post until his death in 1909.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/vsevolozhskii_ivan.html |title=Ivan Vsevolozhskii |access-date=2012-04-14 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122031537/http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/people/vsevolozhskii_ivan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Notes == {{reflist}} {{Ballet}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vsevolozhsky, Ivan}} [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1909 deaths]] [[Category:Russian theatre directors]] [[Category:Russian diplomats]] [[Category:Costume designers]] [[Category:Librettists]]