Original sentence: )  Iolanta (sometimes written as Iolanthe) was commissioned expressly by Vsevolozhsky as the first part of a two-act gala evening which would conclude with a ballet called The Nutcracker.A great admirer of Tchaikovsky's music, Vsevolozhsky was also instrumental in bringing to the stage three of that composer's later operas, namely The Enchantress (1886), The Queen of Spades (1889 - with libretto after Pushkin by the composer's brother, Modeste Tchaikovsky), and Iolanta (1892 -also with libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky.Because of his vision, The Sleeping Beauty ballet (1890) is said to have had the most expensive and elaborate scenery and costumes ever seen on any stage before-- and in all likelihood, since.Vsevolozhsky wrote the libretto himself;  in his career, he had been a both a playwright and an essayist and was also a talented artist capable of designing costumes for the theater
Edited sentence: ) Iolanta (sometimes written as Iolanthe) was commissioned expressly by Vsevolozhsky as the first part of a two-act gala evening which would conclude with a ballet called The Nutcracker.A great admirer of Tchaikovsky's music, Vsevolozhsky was also instrumental in bringing to the stage three of that composer's later operas, namely The Enchantress (1886), The Queen of Spades (1889 – with libretto after Pushkin by the composer's brother, Modeste Tchaikovsky), and Iolanta (1892 – also with libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky.Because of his vision, The Sleeping Beauty ballet (1890) is said to have had the most expensive and elaborate scenery and costumes ever seen on any stage before—and in all likelihood, since.Vsevolozhsky wrote the libretto himself; in his career, he had been a both a playwright and an essayist and was also a talented artist capable of designing costumes for the theater