Mamontov's Private Opera: the search for modernism in Russian theater

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Contents Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Silver Age and the Legacy of the 1860s 2. Serving the Beautiful 3. Echoes of Abramtsevo 4. Visual Impressions 5. Opera as Drama 6. From Meiningen to Meyerhold 7. Politics, Repertory, and the Market 8. Faces of the Enterprise Appendix A. Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov's Life and Career Appendix B. Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Opera Notes Works Cited Index