Istoriia russkoi opery - Cheshikhin V.

For the first time in a century, one of the most unique books on the history of Russian theatre returns to readers! Russian composers have written many glorious pages in the history of opera: Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Roman-Korsakov... To this day, their works are staged on the stages of the world's largest theaters. About the huge path that Russian opera art passed from 1674 to the beginning of the 20th century, the "golden age" of Russian opera, about the famous stars of the music scene, famous theaters and productions, about how the Russian opera conquered the world, tells about the book by the outstanding musicologist Vsevolod Chesikhin. Having seen the light of day in 1903, it became the first and for many years - the only book in Russia on the history of domestic opera. Today, its early editions are a bibliographic rarity. This edition is based on the extended version of 1905 and is supplemented by a huge number of unique illustrations, including scenes from the first productions of famous works by Russian composers. This book is the third in a series dedicated to the history of Russian theater, after "History of Russian Ballet" by Alexander Pleschev and "Theatrical Antiquity" by Nikolai Drysin.