THE ITALIAN OPERA TOURS TO CHISINAU IN 1900-1912 REFLECTED IN PRESS REPORTS FROM MILAN Cover Image

ГАСТРОЛИ ИТАЛЬЯНСКОЙ ОПЕРЫ В КИШИНЕВЕ В СООБЩЕНИЯХ МИЛАНСКОЙ ПРЕССЫ 1900-1912 ГГ.
THE ITALIAN OPERA TOURS TO CHISINAU IN 1900-1912 REFLECTED IN PRESS REPORTS FROM MILAN

Author(s): Konstantyn Batsak
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice
Keywords: artistic tours; F. Castellano’s Company; the Gonzalez Brothers’ Company; the Pushkin audience in Chisinau; Italian opera;

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the performances of the Italian opera artists on the stage of the Pushkin audience during their toursin Chisinau on the basis of the publications in the Milan theatre press. The opera repertoire, the composition of the troupes, the features of the vocal and artistic talents of the main performers are analyzed. Attention is paid to the interaction of theartists’ and the local audience during the performances, to the prima donnas honouring during the play. The tour routes of F. Castellano’s, the Gonzalez Brothers’ companies and of other opera groups, performing in Chisinau, have been reconstructed. In order to establish the stages of the professional development of the leading artists, their bibliographical data as well as thepublic spaces where their benefit performances took place in Chisinau have been studied.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1 (38)
  • Page Range: 24-28
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian