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9780253354686

Mamontov's Private Opera

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253354686

  • ISBN10:

    0253354684

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-05-26
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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Summary

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 Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldey paints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneering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.

Author Biography

Olga Haldey is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Note no Transliteration and Translationp. xi
List of Abbreviationsp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
The Silver Age and the Legacy of the 1860sp. 15
Serving the Beautifulp. 35
Echoes of Abramtsevop. 68
Visual Impressionsp. 88
Opera as Dramap. 130
From Meiningen to Meyerholdp. 171
Politics, Repertory, and the Marketp. 208
Faces of the Enterprisep. 261
Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov's Life and Careerp. 291
Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Operap. 295
Notesp. 297
Works Citedp. 339
Indexp. 345
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