Mamontov's Private Opera : the search for modernism in Russian theater / Olga Haldey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haldey, Olga, 1972-

Series:

Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.)

Russian music studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--19th century.

Opera.

Moskovskai︠a︡ Chastnai︠a︡ Opera.

Moskovskai͡a Chastnai͡a Opera.

Mamontov, Savva Ivanovich, 1841-1918.

Mamontov, Savva Ivanovich.

Physical Description:

xiv, 354 pages, 40 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]

Summary:

The Moscow Private Opera, founded, sponsored, and directed by SavvaMamontov (1841--1918), was one of Russia's most important theatrical institutions atthe dawn of the age of modernism. It presented the Moscow premieres of Lohengrin, LaBoh me, and Khovanshchina, among others; launched the career of Feodor Chaliapin;gave Sergei Rachmaninov his first conducting job; employed Vasily Polenov, VictorVasnetsov, 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 anddesign, and trained a generation of opera singers. Drawing on a wealth ofunpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldeypaints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneeringopera company.

Contents:

The silver age and the legacy of the 1860s

Serving the beautiful

Echoes of Abramtsevo

Visual impressions

Opera as drama

From Meiningen to Meyerhold

Politics, repertory, and the market

Faces of the enterprise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253354686

0253354684

OCLC:

419874340