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

Name: Mamontov's Private Opera The Search for Modernism in Russian Theater
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ISBN: 9780253354686

ISBN-10: 0253354684

ISBN-13: 9780253354686

Edition: 2010

Authors: Olga Haldey

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Olga Haldey examines the role of opera theater, specifically the Moscow Private Opera, in the highly collaborative circles of Russian modernist art. The aesthetics and philosophy of the Silver Age were characterized by multiple early modernist visions -- Symbolism, Impressionism, Neo-primitivism, Cubo-futurism, and Rayism, along with still-vital realist and nationalist trends -- as well as a tendency toward reconciliation and fusion among the arts. Mamontov viewed opera as the perfect integrated art form and his company pioneered major innovations in acting, directing, and design, promoting a vision of opera as staged drama. More than just an aristocratic patron, Mamontov was deeply…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/16/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.540



Acknowledgments


Note no Transliteration and Translation


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



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



Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov's Life and Career



Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Opera


Notes


Works Cited


Index