Mamontov's Private Opera

The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater

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Olga Haldey

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 Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldey paints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneering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

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

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June 16th, 2010

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Olga Haldey

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General (US: Trade)

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45 b&w illus.

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416

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152x229x32

ISBN-13

9780253354686

Product ID

6650107

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