 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Original Version ya 1869 kashoma kunzwiwa. Inosiyaniswa nokutendeka kwayo kukuru kumitambo yaPushkin uye vatambi vayo vanenge vari varume chete. Inowiriranawo nemanyorerwo eopera opéra dialogué yeThe Stone Guestuye Kuroorana, uye kune zvinangwa zve kuchkist realism, izvo zvinosanganisira kuvimbika kumagwaro, kusava nechimiro, uye kusimbisa kukosha kwemitambo inotaurwa, kunyanya kuburikidza ne declamation yechisikigo. Zvinhu zvega zvega zveshanduro iyi zvinosanganisira: 