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Olga Haldey - Mamontov's Private Opera - 9780253354686 - V9780253354686
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Mamontov's Private Opera

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Description for Mamontov's Private Opera Hardcover. One man's impact on the performing arts in Russia Series: Russian Music Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; AN; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 813. Weight in Grams: 703.

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 Bohème, 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Russian Music Studies
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253354686
SKU
V9780253354686
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About Olga Haldey
Olga Haldey is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Reviews for Mamontov's Private Opera
This is a valuable and long overdue work that enriches an ignored but greatly influential artistic enterprise drawn from the era's greatest artistic figures, and sponsored and set together in dynamic collaborations by the ingenuity and tastes of Savva Mamontov.
Sineris
Haldey has performed a crucial service to scholarship and to everyone interested in this fascinating period.V.70.3 July ... Read more

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