Mamontov's Private Opera : The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater.
Başlık:
Mamontov's Private Opera : The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater.
Yazar:
Haldey, Olga.
ISBN:
9780253004345
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (412 pages)
Seri:
Russian Music Studies
İçerik:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Silver Age and the Legacy of the 1860s -- 2 Serving the Beautiful -- 3 Echoes of Abramtsevo -- 4 Visual Impressions -- 5 Opera as Drama -- 6 From Meiningen to Mey -- 7 Politics, Repertory, and the Market -- 8 Faces of the Enterprise -- Appendix A. Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov's Life and Career -- Appendix B. Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Opera -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Özet:
The Moscow Private Opera, founded, sponsored, and directed by Savva Mamontov (1841--1918), was one of Russia's most important theatrical institutions at the dawn of the age of modernism. It presented the Moscow premieres of Lohengrin, La BohÃm̈e, and Khovanshchina, among others; launched the career of Feodor Chaliapin; gave Sergei Rachmaninov his first conducting job; employed Vasily Polenov, Victor Vasnetsov, Valentin Serov, Konstantin Korovin, and Mikhail Vrubel as set designers; and served as a model for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Part commercial enterprise, part experimental studio, Mamontov's company revolutionized opera directing and design, and trained a generation of opera singers. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldey paints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneering opera company.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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