| Mamontov's Private Opera: The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater Contributor(s): Haldey, Olga (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253354684 ISBN-13: 9780253354686 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | Genres & Styles - Ballet |
| Dewey: 792.509 |
| LCCN: 2009051156 |
| Series: Russian Music Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.55 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Boh me, 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 Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldey paints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneering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. |