歌剧创作是柴科夫斯基音乐生涯中很重要的一部分。然而比之他的三部早已被世界各大剧院列为保留剧目且常演常新的芭蕾舞剧,某歌剧作品却远没有那份幸运。除了《叶甫根尼·奥涅金》和《黑桃皇后》这两部之外,其余早已淡出俄语地区以外的歌剧舞台,即便在本国的上演率也并不高。他人生中最后一部歌剧《约兰达》的命运更是发生了戏剧性的转折。应圣彼得堡马林斯基剧院之约,柴科夫斯基于1891年接连创作了独幕歌剧《约兰达》与两幕芭蕾舞剧 Opera creation is a very important part of Tchaikovsky’s music career. However, compared to other three of his theaters in the world have long been retained as a repertoire and often played a new ballet, a opera is far from the share of luck. Apart from the two parts of “Evgeny Onegin” and “Spades Queen”, the rest of the world has long been out of the opera stage outside the Russian-speaking regions, even in the country where the performance rate is not high. The fate of Yolanda, the last opera in his life, is even more dramatic. At the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Tchaikovsky created a one-act opera “Yolanda” and two ballets in 1891