Word: fyodor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...likely that Fyodor Chaliapin, famed Russian basso, Metropolitan star of the first magnitude, will not appear as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra next season. Why not ? Because Serge Koussevitzky, the great Russian conductor, will lead the Bostonians...
Koussevitzky was conducting at the Paris Opera on the night of June 3. Chaliapin stalked out on the stage and took a deep breath for the first notes of his great aria. The eye of Fyodor met the eye of Serge. A glance of the eye was sufficient as Beau Brummell was fond of remarking. That glance was charged with vibrations not altogether harmonious. Koussevfeky threw down his baton and marched out in smothered rage. The audience tittered gleefully. Chaliapin stood his ground. A new conductor, De Posse, formerly of the Chicago Opera, was hustled to the desk. The opera...
...first play of the four to be given in Boston, the Moscow Art Theatre, the most famous repertory theatre in the world, chose the rambling, pseudochronicle history play of Alexei Tolstoy, "Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch", as has been its custom in New York and Chicago. The play affords manifold opportunities for spectacle and ensemble work, manifold chances for actors and director. These were more than taken advantage of by players and producers. A more beautifully grouped, paused, acted, and costumed production Boston has seldom seen. This much is plain in spite of the difficulties of a foreign tongue. There are those...
...fifth act. And mention must be made of the costumes. Rarely has a play been set with the beauty and display of brilliance that one sees here. In fact, if the Moscow players can extract so much from a play of the type of Tolstoy's "Tsar Fyodor", and can hold an audience enthralled that does not understand the language, one looks forward eagerly to their playing of "The Lower Depths", "The Three Sisters", and "The Cherry Orchard...