Opera and Drama in Russia As Preached and Practiced in the 1860s
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Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Note on Transliteration......Page 18 1. Glinka’s Ambiguous Legacy and the Birth Pangs of Russian Opera......Page 20 2. “This Way to the Future”: The Case of Serov’s Judith......Page 52 3. Pochvennkhestvo on the Russian Operatic Stage: Serov and His Rogneda......Page 98 4. Drama Revealed Through Song: An Opera After Ostrovsky......Page 160 5. The Stone Guest and Its Progeny......Page 268 6. “Kuchkism” in Practice: Two Operas by César Cui......Page 360 7. Epilogue......Page 446 Appendix A. Synopses of the Serov Operas......Page 452 Appendix В. Three numbers from Bogatyri......Page 468 Appendix С. The Power of the Fiend, Act I #7......Page 510 Appendix D. Love Duets from Angelo......Page 538 Bibliography......Page 562 Index......Page 572
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