Mamontov''s Private Opera - The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater

Informationen zum Autor Olga Haldey is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Klappentext Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources and evidence from art and theater history, Olga Haldey paints a fascinating portrait of a railway tycoon turned artiste and his pioneering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. Zusammenfassung One man's impact on the performing arts in Russia Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Silver Age and the Legacy of the 1860s 2. Serving the Beautiful 3. Echoes of Abramtsevo 4. Visual Impressions 5. Opera as Drama 6. From Meiningen to Meyerhold 7. Politics, Repertory, and the Market 8. Faces of the Enterprise Appendix A. Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov's Life and Career Appendix B. Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Opera Notes Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Olga Haldey, Haldey Olga
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2010
• EAN: 9780253354686
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35468-6
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Russian Music Studies; Russian Music Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)