Pugachev. He asks Pugachev to let him and Masha leave. Pugachev agrees, tells Shvabrin to give them a pass to travel, and bids them farewell. Left alone, the two lovers discuss their plans. Petr will take Masha to his parents house, and his father will be honored to have the daughter of brave Captain Mironov in his house. Act IV Tableau 7. The Grinevs' house (same setting as Tableau 1). Masha is now living there, but Petr has been arrested. She explains to the Grinev's that he got into trouble only because he was trying to protect her. She will go to Tsarskoye Selo to try to plead for him among influential people. Petr's parents bless her. Tableau 8. A hall in the Imperial palace in Saint Petersburg. Courtiers sing the praises of the Empress. She makes her entrance and announces that Pugachev has been captured. Masha and the Grinev family enter. The Empress grants Masha's request by pardoning Petr, and blesses their life together, as the courtiers resume their praise. Notable excerpts(Note: these titles are not marked in the score.)Petr's poem, Tableau 3 First love duet, Tableau 4 Dances, Tableau 5 Chumakov's song, Tableau 5 Second love duet, Tableau 6 Final polonaise, Tableau 8 Bibliography Bernandt, G.B. Словарь опер впервые поставленных или изданных в дореволюционной России и в СССР, 1736-1959 [Dictionary of Operas First Performed or Published in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and in the USSR, 1836-1959]. Москва: Советский композитор, 1962, p. 130. Cui, César. Капитанская дочка: опера в четырех действиях и восьмих картинах. Для пения с фортепиано [The Captain's Daughter, opera in four acts and eight tableaux. Piano-vocal score]. Москва: П. Юргенсон, 1910. Nazarov, A.F. Цезарь Антонович Кюи [Cezar' Antonovič Kjui'']. Moskva: Muzyka, 1989. External links MIDI rendering of a speech by Pugachev in Act III, from Russisches Musikarkhiv Russian-language operas Operas by César Cui Operas based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin 1911 operas Operas The Captain's Daughter