Tsarist stage stars (+CD): Maxim Kravchinsky

The heroes of the new book of the series “Russian chansonnier” were artists who shone on the imperial stage. You will find a fascinating performance in three departments, with introduction, enthracies, divertissiments …
In addition to the stars of the tsarist stage, gypsy choirs, chansonets, quartets of hard labor are involved in the view … The favorite of Nicholas II, the Bayan of the Russian song Yuri Spiridonovich Morfessi acts as a beneficiary.
Together with the artists of the beginning of the 20th century, the reader will survive the take -off of the royal stage, and then the revolution, confusion, emigration, will be transferred from the scenes of the great society salons to the dusk of Parisian taverns, feel the bitterness of exile and will be faced with a choice during the Second World War …
In a series of vivid events, there was a place for fatal love, and desperate rivalry, and spy games.
Rare photographs of the last century, accompanying the narrative, and even more so CD with rare songs and romances will allow the reader to fully appreciate the art of stars of imperial Russia.
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Author
Kravchinsky Maxim Eduardovich
Publisher
Decum, 2011
Series
Russian chansonnier