What is Iolanta?
{{italictitle}}{{No sources|date=May 2020}} '''Iolanta''' (sometimes '''''Iolanthe''''') ({{lang-ru|Иоланта}}) is a one-act [[opera]]. The [[libretto]] was written by [[Modest Tchaikovsky]]. It is based on the Danish play ''Kong Renés Datter'' (''King René’s Daughter'') by Henrik Hertz. The story is a account of the life of Yolande de Bar. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The music was composed by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]. The opera received its premiere in [[St. Petersburg]] on 18 December 1892 at the [[Mariinsky Theatre]] on a double-bill with the [[ballet]] ''[[The Nutcracker]]''. [[Category:Compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] [[Category:1890s operas]] {{performing-arts-stub}}