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𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 The professional relationship between 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 and 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 belonged to one of the highest moments of twentieth-century operatic interpretation. Toscanini, born…

𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟱

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1886–1954) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 (1911–1986) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 29 February 1952, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢 𝗕𝗢𝗜𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗼 was one of the most fascinating figures in nineteenth-century Italian music: poet, composer, critic, librettist, intellectual agitator, and finally the man who…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗟 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹 was one of the most admired Wagnerian conductors of the generation immediately after Wagner himself. Born…

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹á𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼 (1853–1931), 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 (1867–1957) and 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 (1858–1924) - After the première of "La Fanciulla del West" in 1910 David Belasco (1853–1931) was a major American theatre producer, director, playwright, and stage…

𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 The life of 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 is full of paradoxes. He was one of the most famous opera composers of the nineteenth century, perhaps the…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗹 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The relationship between 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 is one of the most revealing,…

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𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 is much more difficult to describe than the relationship between Brahms and Dvořák.…

𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 The relationship between 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 was not as long, intimate, or structurally decisive as the…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 The influence of 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 on 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 was never a simple matter of imitation. It was more subtle, more fruitful,…

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Tchaikovsky in Cambridge (1893)

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟯 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱.

Tchaikovsky and his nephew Vladimir Davydov in Paris, June 1892.

Tchaikovsky, seated on the right, photographed with four of his brothers.

Tchaikovsky in 1889