Serge Diaghilev's Beginnings

We follow the early years of Serge Diaghilev's life from publishing provocative journal 'The World of Art' to producing Musorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov'.
A lecture by Marina Frolova-Walker FBA, Gresham Professor of Music
24 September 2019 6PM BST
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The great Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev didn’t have the talents to become an artist or the money to become a patron. His gift was to inspire, facilitate and market artistic projects that were highly colourful and distinctive. In this lecture we follow his early years, when he published The World of Art, a provocative Russian journal, exhibited Russian visual art in Paris, and then brought Russian music there, culminating in his production of Musorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov.
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Excellent presentation!

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Excellent history

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Actually Rimsky Korsakov was dismissed as professor of composition and orchestration for being a spokesperson for the students he didn’t necessarily believe in all their aspiration but thought they should be heard. According to his autobiography “My Musical Life” this upset him for the remainder of his life though he was reinstated by Glazunov who took over the St Petersburg Conservatory. As a repose he composed his final opera The Golden Cockerel which was satirical on the Tsar and the Russian government never performed during his life. Incidentally his music was banned though large parts of Russia when he was dismissed.