Both Classical and contemporary authors and composers had their works produced to great acclaim in French, like Molière, Victor Hugo, Victorien Sardou, Alexandre Dumas, fils and Jacques Offenbach and were praised by the intelligentsia and the Russian aristocracy, such as Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky.
Both Classical and contemporary authors and composers had their works produced to great acclaim in French. Plays by Molière, Victor Hugo, Victorien Sardou, Alexandre Dumas, fils and operettas byJacques Offenbach and were praised by the intelligentsia and the Russian aristocracy, such as Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky.