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Ukrainian composer (1863-1945)
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If you were in New York on July 7, 1975 chances are you were at the Met reveling in the visiting Bolshoi Opera’s Eugene Onegin. On the 41st anniversary of that performance, “Trove Thursday” shares a document starring Tamara Milashkina, Yuri Mazurok and Vladimir Atlantov. Russian-born impresario Sol Hurok labored to bring the Bolshoi Opera to the United States for years but he died a year before his organization Hurok Artists announced the group’s month-long visit to the Met in 1975. Six operas were presented: Boris Godunov opened the season which also included The Gambler, War and Peace, Pikovaya Dama and Molchanov’s Quiet Flows the Don, in addition to Onegin. My recollection was there was a lot of enthusiasm about the Bolshoi’s biggest stars, most appearing in the U.S. for the first time. But other than Elena Obraztsova, no one had a significant Met career—Atlantov and Mazurok each sang fewer […]
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2014-11-04 15:36:18
Sad news: Bolshoi star has died
Nina Timofeeva, one of the mid-century stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, has died at the age of 79. Originally from Leningrad (St Petersburg),Nina joined the Bolshoi in 1956 and built her career on Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. Her late husband, the composer Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982) wrote music for some of her ballets. In 1991 she left her post as a choreographer at the Bolshoi and migrated to Israel with her daughter, Nadya, also a ballet dancer.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2014-11-04 15:36:18
Sad news: Great Bolshoi star has died
Nina Timofeeva, one of the mid-century stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, has died at the age of 79. Originally from Leningrad (St Petersburg),Nina joined the Bolshoi in 1956 and built her career on Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. Her late husband, the composer Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982) wrote music for some of her ballets. In 1991 she left her post as a choreographer at the Bolshoi and migrated to Israel with her daughter, Nadya, also a ballet dancer.
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