In 1788, Martín y Soler was invited to serve as composer and singing instructor at Catherine's Russian court at St. Petersburg, where he wrote three Russian language operas, The Unfortunate Hero Kosmetovich (1789, libretto written in part by Catherine the Great), Melomania (1790), and Fedul and his Children (1791, with Vasili Pashkevich). En 1788, il est invité à la cour impériale de Russie à Saint-Pétersbourg, où il compose les opéras en russe L'Infortuné Héros Kosmetovich (1789, livret écrit en partie par Catherine II), Melomania (90), et Fedul et ses enfants (1791, avec Vassili Pachkevitch).
