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Opera by Rachmaninov (libretto by V I Nemirovich-Danchenko, based on Aleksandr Pushkin's poem The Gypsies), first produced in Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 1893. The plot tells how Zemfira is killed by Aleko after she tries to join the gypsies.



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At Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre) she created the leading role in Massine's Aleko, and worked with Antony Tudor, whom she had met in London before the war while dancing with Marie Rambert's Ballet Club.
A little over a hundred years ago, from a spot just a short walk from here, Aleko Konstantinov set off to climb Mount Vitosha.
Goaded by her readiness to admit she has fallen in love with another man, Aleko kills both Zemfira and her new lover.
 
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