Which opera premiered first, From the House of the Dead or Nixon in China?
From the House of the Dead From the House of the Dead ("Z mrtvého domu" in Czech) is an opera by Leoš Janáček, in three acts. The libretto was translated and adapted by the composer from the 1862 novel by Dostoyevsky. It was the composer's last opera, premiered on 12 April 1930 in Brno, two years after his death.
Dead Souls (opera) Dead Souls («Мёртвые души») is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on the verse-novel "Dead Souls" by Gogol, to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.