He completed three one-act operas: "Aleko" (1892), "The Miserly Knight" (1903), and "Francesca da Rimini" (1904). He started three others, notably "Monna Vanna", based on a work by Maurice Maeterlinck; copyright in this had been extended to the composer Février, and, though the restriction did not pertain to Russia, Rachmaninoff dropped the project after completing Act I in piano vocal score in 1908; this act was orchestrated in 1984 by Igor Buketoff and performed in the U.S. "Aleko" is regularly performed and has been recorded complete at least eight times, and filmed. "The Miserly Knight" adheres to Pushkin's "little tragedy". "Francesca da Rimini" exists somewhat in the shadow of the opera of the same name by Riccardo Zandonai.