The history of the Russian opera. Cheshikhin V.

For the first time in the century, one of the most unique books on the history of the Russian theater is returning to readers!

Russian composers entered many glorious pages in the history of the opera: Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov... and according to This day of their works are put on the scenes of the largest theaters of the world.

about the huge path, which Russian opera art has passed from 1674 until the beginning of the 20th century, the "Golden Age" of the Russian Opera, about the famous stars of the musical scene, famous theaters And the production of how the Russian opera conquered the whole world, the book of the outstanding musicologist Vsevolod Cheshikhin tells. Seeing the light in 1903, it became the first and for many years - the only book in Russia on the history of Russian opera. Today, her early editions are a bibliographic rarity.

This edition is based on the expanded version of 1905 and is supplemented by a huge number of unique illustrations, including scenes from the first productions of the famous creations of Russian composers.

This book is the third in a series dedicated to the history of the Russian theater, after the “History of the Russian Ballet” by Alexander Pleshcheyev and the “theater antiquity” Nikolai Drisen.