Tauride Palace
The composer conducted another performance in Kiev on 18/30 October 1893. (Tchaikovsky had attended the Moscow premiere of "Aleko", and Rachmaninoff had intended to hear the premiere of Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony on 16/28 October, but had to catch a train for Kiev to fulfill his "Aleko" conducting engagement.) A Pushkin centenary celebration performance on 27 May 1899 at the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg featured Feodor Chaliapin in the title role, and utilized the chorus and ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre.