warns them that the tsar must never see her because she is the daughter of the traitor hetman Ivan Mazepa. When told that Mazepa is dead, the false Menshikov pardons the girl. Then the captain of the troops tells the magistrate that Menshikov is actually the tsar. Hoping that this would be an opportunity to advance himself, the magistrate tries to intervene, but since the tsar has already recognized him for what he is, he is fired from his position of authority and is ordered to pay a fine. Peter, Catherine, Carlo and Annetta leave happily for St Petersburg. Recordings Note: The act 2 sextet is included in A Hundred Years of Italian Opera, 1810–1820 (Opera Rara; Cat: ORCH103). References Notes Cited sources Osborne, Charles (1994). The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. . Further reading Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, MA: Element, Inc.(USA) Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas. Cambridge University Press., . Ashbrook, William; John Black; Julian Budden (1998), "Donizetti, (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria)", in Stanley Sadie (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 1, pp. 1206–1221. London: MacMillan Publishers, Inc. Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. . pp. 224–247. Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, 2nd edition. Rowman and Littlefield Sadie, Stanley, (ed.); John Tyrrell (exec. ed.) (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). Weinstock, Herbert (1963), Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books. External links Donizetti Society (London) website Libretto (Italian) 1 Libretto (Italian) 2 Il Falegname di Livonia, ossia Pietro Il Grande, Russian premiere presented by the St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company. Kaufman, Tom, "Donizetti: Pietro il Grande, on operatoday.com, 13 Sep 2005. (Review of recording) Operas by Gaetano Donizetti Italian-language operas Operas 1819 operas Cultural depictions of Peter the Great Operas set in Europe Operas set in the 17th century