Question: In which year was the Russian author who wrote the novel which inspired the opera commissioned by Florida Grand Opera to celebrate the 2007 opening of the Ziff Ballet Opera House born?
Sentence (from "Anna Karenina (Carlson)"): The libretto is by British director Colin Graham, originally contemplated for Benjamin Britten's opera commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre (the project was cancelled by the British after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia).
Relevant evidence: No