Russian Opera

Music-Literature-Folklore-History

 

 

Display by Prof. Svetlana Elnitsky (Modern Languages) and
Prof. Nathaniel Lew (Fine Arts-Music)

(right)Taruskin's biography on Modest Mussorgsky; two CD inserts, including that for "Mussorgsky Songs" with Sergei Leiferkus; a beautiful lacquer candlestick; on the wall behind are "Stars of the Russian Opera" - a series of postcards featuring famous singers in famous roles.

(left)Picture spread of Fyodor Chaliapin (from the 1988 biography by Victor Borovsky) in what was perhaps his greatest role: Boris Godunov; the "Opera Stars" postcard features the Holy Fool, from the same opera.
Tchaikovsky is featured in his two most famous operas:

 "Eugene Onegin" and "The Queen of Spades"


Rimsky-Korsakov's "Sadko"

 

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