American Indian opera is a subgenre of American music.
 It began with composer Gertrude Bonnin (1876-1938), also known as Zitkala-Sa ("Red Bird" in Lakota).
 Bonnin's own Yankton Sioux heritage informed both her libretto and music for her opera "The Sun Dance", a grand opera composed with Mormon musician William F. Hanson.
Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Селявин (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater.
 He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century.
 His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in "Eugene Onegin".
 He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances.
Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин , "Yevgény Onégin"), Op.
 24, is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
 The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry.
 Tchaikovsky's friend Konstantin Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1.
The Inman Diaries is an opera composed by Thomas Oboe Lee with a libretto by Jesse J. Martin.
 This portrayal of Arthur Crew Inman's life, as seen through his own writings was originally adapted from 'Camera Obscura', a play by Lorenzo DeStefano (http://www.cameraobscuraplay.com) and "The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession", edited by Professor Daniel Aaron.
 From 1919 until he committed suicide in 1963, he created his 155 volume diary which contained over 17 million words, making it one of the longest recorded diaries in the English language.
 He was an obsessive recluse who was committed to having his diaries published to establish his immortality.
 He would pay people to “talk” to him so that he could make a record of their stories.
 He was particularly interested in young women and was known to be sexually involved with some of these “talkers”.
 The opera is based on a 44-year period of his life, adapted so that the decades are condensed and time loses its relevancy.
David Abramovich Tyshler (Russian: Давид Абрамович Тышлер ; 13 July 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a Russian sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers (Olympic Bronze medalist in 1956 and five-time World Championship finalist between 1955 and 1959).
 He is best known as an extremely successful and innovative fencing coach.
 His many star pupils include Mark Midler, Mark Rakita, Viktor Sidjak, Viktor Krovopuskov and Sergey Sharikov.
 He was involved in choreographing stage and screen combat and made cameo appearances in Russian cinema.
Alessandro (HWV 21), is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726 for the Royal Academy of Music.
 Paolo Rolli's libretto is based on the story of Ortensio Mauro's "La superbia d'Alessandro".
 This was the first time the famous singers Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni appeared together in one of Handel's operas.
 The original cast also included Francesco Bernardi who was known as Senesino.
Mae Naak is a 2003 opera composed by Thai composer Somtow Sucharitkul to an English libretto based on one of Thailand's best known ghost stories "Mae Nak Phra Khanong".
 The story is also the basis for Nonzee Nimibutr's popular film "Nang Nak".
Viktor Meyer (8 September 1848 – 8 August 1897) was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
 He is best known for inventing an apparatus for determining vapour densities, the Viktor Meyer apparatus, and for discovering thiophene, a heterocyclic compound.
 He is sometimes referred to as Victor Meyer, a name used in some of his publications.
Viktor Nikolaevich Denisov best known by the shortened pseudonym Viktor Deni, (8 March 1893 – 3 August 1946) was a Russian satirist, cartoonist and poster artist.
 Deni was one of the major agitprop poster artists of the Bolshevist period (1917–1921).
Steven B. Jepson is an American opera singer, a baritone.
 In addition to his work in opera he has appeared in musical theater and film.
 He is best known for his interpretation of Escamillo in "Carmen", a role he has played with several companies in the United States and Europe.
 He was nominated by both Creative Loafing Magazine and the Metrolina Theatre Association as best actor for his portrayal of Emile De Becque in South Pacific.
 He also has performed as principal singer for Norwegian Cruise Line on board the Norwegian Sky.

Question: Viktor Selyavin is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in  an opera composed by who?
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky