The Russian Opera

by Rosa Newmarch

Ablessimov, [40]
Aivazovsky, [112]
Aksakov, [64]
Alabiev, [66], [67], [68], [88]
Alekseievna, Tsarevna Natalia, [30]
Alexander I., [46], [57]
—— II, [89]
—— III, [294]
Andreiev, [385]
Anne, Empress (Duchess of Courland), [30], [32], [55]
Antonolini, [59]
Araja, Francesco, [34], [35], [36], [37]
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich, [281], [369], [373]
Arnold, Youry, [61], [164], [171]
Asanchievsky, [284]
Bakhtourin, [105]
Bakounin, [146]
Balakirev, Mily Alexeich, [122], [145], [149], [183-197], [198-207], [217], [223], [254], [267], [280], [282], [334], [335], [367], [381]
Baratinsky, [115]
Basili, [85]
Bayan, the Skald, [6], [108]
Belaiev, Mitrofane Petrovich, [205-209], [381]
Bellaigue, M. Camille, [102], [103], [236], [302]
Berezovsky, M. S., [44], [52], [53]
—— V. V., [3]
Bielsky, V., [325], [329]
Biron, Duke of Courland, [33], [38]
Blaramberg, Paul Ivanovich, [367-369]
Borodin, Alexander, [186], [190], [192], [199], [204], [206], [216], [253-266], [270], [303]
Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich, [53], [54], [365]
Bourenin, [250]
Bruneau, Alfred, [97]
Canobbio, [47]
Carlisle, Lord, [13]
Catherine I, Empress, [31]
—— II, [36], [39], [40], [45], [49-52], [56]
Cavos, Catterino, [58-63], [69], [92]
Cheshikin, [19], [28], [35], [54], [63], [99], [143], [168], [175], [262], [294], [304], [317], [319], [352], [357], [365], [369], [373], [379], [394]
Cimarosa, [37], [44]
Constantine, the Grand Duke, [286], [357]
Cui, César, [186], [188], [192], [194], [217], [223], [264], [266-280], [291], [303], [335], [340], [384]
Dargomijsky, Alexander Sergeivich, [117-136], [137], [138], [156], [168], [171], [186], [195], [216], [218], [223], [228], [270], [307], [368]
Davidov, [309]
Dehn, Siegfried, [87], [88], [115], [119], [163]
Dimitri of Rostov (Daniel Touptalo), [21], [22], [38]
Dmitrievsky, Ivan, [38], [39]
Dolina, [385]
Dostoievsky, [379]
Dütsh, [208]
Elizabeth, Empress, [35], [38], [56]
Esposito, [307]
Famitzin, Professor, 196
Feodorovna, Tsaritsa Prascovya, [30]
—— Empress Alexandra, [164]
Field, John, [63], [79], [86]
Figner, Nicholas and Medea, [366], [385]
Fletcher, Giles, [10], [11]
Fomin, E. Platovich, [39-45], [55], [96]
Fürst, Otto, [29], [30]
Galuppi, Baldassare, [44], [52], [53]
Gedeonov, [92], [105], [128], [134], [303]
Glazounov, Alexander C., [206], [267], [381]
Glinka, Michael Ivanovich, [4], [62], [63], [68-88], [118], [119], [120], [137], [145], [153], [156], [185], [202], [216], [218], [253], [262], [270], [281], [290], [294], [334], [365]
—— his Operas, [88-116]
Godounov, Boris, [12], [368]
Gogol, [88], [129], [270], [295], [341]
Golenishtiev-Koutouzov, Count, [231]
Golovin, Boyard, [24]
Goncharov, [262]
Gorbounov, [35], [39]
Goussakovsky, A., [211]
Gregory, Yagan Gottfried, [15], [16], [17], [21]
Gretchyaninov, Alexander Tikhonovich, [281], [373]
Gutovsky, Simon, [17]
Herke, [195]
Holstein, Duke of, [8], [31]
Hunke, [146]
Ilyinski, Dimitri, [29]
Inglis, Peter, [16]
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Michael, [281], [374], [394]
Ivan the Terrible, [12]
Joseph, the Patriarch, [12]
Joukovsky, [60], [64], [65], [86], [89], [115], [221], [348], [372]
Jurgenson, J. B., [36], [42]
Kalashinkev, [159]
Kalashnikov, N., [364]
Kalinnikov, Vassily Sergeivich, [375]
Kamenskaya, [385]
Kanillé, [282]
Kapnist, [41]
Karamzin, [57], [221], [233]
Karatagyn, [42], [44]
Karmalina, the sisters, [128], [131], [194], [204]
Karyakin, [384]
Kashkin, [276], [374]
Kazachenko, G. A., [380]
Kistner, Baron, [291]
Kobyakov, [49]
Kochetov, N. R., [380]
Koltsov, [221]
Kondratiev, [230]
Korestchenko, A. N., [380]
Korf, Baron, [212]
Korolenko, [379]
Koslov, [86]
Koukolnik, [104]
Koulikov, [177]
Kozlovsky, Joseph Antonovich, [65], [66]
Kroutitsky, [42]
Kroutikova, [385]
Krylov, [57], [59], [115]
Kunst, Johann Christian, [24], [25], [26], [29]
Lajechnikov, [337]
Laroche, [195]
Lavrov, [208]
Lavrovsky, Madame, [344], [385]
Lefort, General Franz, [25]
Lenz, [147], [218]
Leonova, Mme., [232], [269], [289], [385]
Lermontov, [165], [172], [177], [211], [267], [334], [380]
Levitskaya, [384]
Liadov, Anatol C., [167], [206], [211], [281], [363], [381]
Liapounov, [203]
Likhatchiev, [13]
Lissenko, [380]
Lobanov, D., 152
Locatelli, [56]
Lodyjensky, Nicholas, [186], [211]
Lomakin, [190]
Maikov, V., [49], [172]
Maleziomova, Mme., [167]
Mamantov, [266], [387], [394]
Mann, [31]
Martin, Vincente, [48], [49]
Martini, Padre, [44]
Matinsky, Michael, [40], [45]
Matveiev, Boyard, [13], [16], [17], [23]
Maupassant, Guy de, [276]
Maurer, Ludwig, [63], [66]
Meck, Nadejda von, [285], [348], [360]
Medoks, [56]
Melgounov, [371]
Melnikov, [176], [266], [272], [289], [365], [384]
Menshikova, [384]
Mey, [291]
Meyer, Carl, [79]
Mikhaïlovich, Alexis Tsar, [8], [12], [13], [14], [15], [17], [21], [22]
Milioukhov, Professor, [5]
Molas, Mme. (see Pourgold), [194]
Moniuszko, [268]
Morfill, R. W. Professor, [256]
Moussorgsky, Modeste, [70], [140], [147], [186], [188], [192], [196], [216], [217-252], [253], [264], [289], [291], [303], [365]
Mravina, [371], [385]
Muscovy, Grand Duke of, [8]
Myassedov, [188]
Napravnik, Edward Franzovich, [269], [289], [309], [363-367]
Naryshkin, Natalia, [13]
Nekrassov, [129], [221]
Nicholas I, the Emperor, [92]
—— II, [268]
Nikitin, [129], [221]
Nikolaiev, [41]
Nikolsky, Professor, [228]
Nikolsky (Singer), [385]
Nossov, [39]
Obmana, [79]
Odoevsky, Prince, [89], [121]
Oginsky, Prince Gregory, [27]
Olearius, Adam, [8]
Orlov, [289], [385]
Oserov, [66]
Ostrovsky, [157], [158], [270], [295], [336], [368], [370]
Oulibishev, [147], [183]
Ouroussov, Prince, [56]
Oussatov, [386]
Paesiello, Giovanni, [37], [44], [51]
Paskievich, Vassily, [45], [46], [47], [48], [55]
Patouillet, [8], [21], [22]
Paul I, the Emperor, [49]
—— Petrovich, Tsarevich, [54], [57]
Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Helena, [142], [151], [163], [164], [341]
Pavlovskaya, [365], [384]
Peter the Great, [23], [24], [26], [31]
Petrov, Ossip, [64], [93], [128], [176], [289], [383]
Petrovsky, [318]
Platonova, [289], [384]
Plestcheiev, [67], [270]
Procopius, [2]
Prokovich, Bishop Theofane, [32]
Polonsky, [341], [342], [359]
Polotsky, Simeon, [19], [21], [22]
Ponomariev, E., [366]
Popov, M. V., [40], [41]
Potemkin, [14], [44], [51]
Pourgold, Alexandra N. (see Molas), [194], [228]
—— Nadejda N. (see Rimsky-Korsakov), [195]
Poushkin, [57], [89], [105], [121], [123], [129], [131], [221], [233], [234], [262], [269], [277], [280], [307], [325], [344], [350], [355], [366], [373]
—— Count Moussin-, [256]
Raab, [384]
Rachmaninov, Sergius Vassilievich, [321], [373]
Raphael, [371]
Razoumovsky, Count, [37], 45
Rebikov, Vladimir Ivanovich, [378]
Richepin, Jean, [276]
Rimsky-Korsakov, [70], [123], [167], [186], [187], [188], [189], [192], [196], [199], [205], [206], [216], [219], [226], [231], [248-252], [281-333], [369], [365]
—— Mme. (see Pourgold), [195]
Rodislavsky, [39]
Rosenburg, [165]
Rozen, Baron, [90]
Rubinstein, Anton, [139], [142], [143], [149], [162-182], [196], [201], [215], [294]
—— Nicholas, [165], [376]
Salieri, [44]
Sarti, Giuseppe, [37], [44], [47], [50], [51]
Savinov, the Protopope, [17]
Sekar-Rojansky, [309]
Serov, Alexander, [19], [54], [65], [98], [106], [128], [133], [143-160], [170], [191], [195], [271], [294], [335], [341]
—— his operas, [150-160]
Shakovsky, Prince, [60], [66]
Shaliapin, Feodor I., [64], [128], [266], [291], [293], [307], [373], [374], [383], [385-393], [394]
Sheremetiev, Count, [374]
Shestakov, Liudmilla Ivanovna, [194], [290]
Shkafer, [307]
Slavina, [365], [371], [385]
Smirnov, Simeon, [28]
Sollogoub, Count, [163]
Soloviev, [94], [159]
Soumarakov, [36]
Splavsky, [24], [25]
Stassov, Vladimir, [77], [78], [84], [88], [106], [123], [132], [135], [139], [144], [150], [159], [173], [186], [195], [199], [212-217], [223], [225], [226], [231], [248], [255], [290], [343], [383], [391]
Steibelt, [63]
Steiner, [63]
Stravinsky, Igor, [281], [322], [382]
Stravinsky (Singer), [365]
Taneiev, Sergius Ivanovich, [373], [376]
Tarquini, [63]
Tchaikovsky, P. T., [48], [51], [70], [114], [155], [195], [196], [254], [266], [271], [281], [285], [294], [333], [334], [361], [365], [370], [373], [376], [379]
—— Modeste, [354], [366], [372]
Tcherepnin, [210], [281]
Tikhonraviev, [15]
Titov, [56]
—— Alexis, Nicholas, and Sergius, [66], [67]
Todi, [51]
Tolstoy, Count Alexis, [109], [367]
—— Theophil, [195]
Tourgeniev, [109], [214]
Trediakovsky, Vassily Cyrillovich, [32], [33], [34]
Tseibikha, [118]
Usipov, Prince, [119]
Vassilenko, Serge, [379]
Vassiliev, [385]
Vassilievich, [365]
Vaznietsov, [261], [309]
Verstovsky, Alexis Nicholaevich, [63-67]
Villoins, A., [162]
Vinter, [394]
Vistakov, Professor, [172]
Vladimir, “The Red Sun”, [3]
Volkov, F. G., [36], [38], [39]
Von-Staden, Count, [14]
Vyazemsky, Prince, [89]
Wagner, [151], [160]
Yagjinsky, Count, [45]
Yagoujinsky, [31]
Yastrebtsiev, V., [250]
Youssipov, Prince, [91], [363]
Zagoskin, [64]
Zaremba, [195], [284]
Zeleny, [394]
Zeuner, [79]
Zimin, [393]
Zotov, Mme. S. I., [194]
Zvantsiev, K. I., [151]

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Letter from Borodin to Countess Mercy-Argenteau.

[2] The show refers to a legend of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, the saint held in most honour by the Russians.

[3] Gorbounov. “A Sketch for the History of Russian Opera” (in Russian).

[4] Gorbounov. “A Sketch for the History of Russian Opera.”

[5] Some authorities believe that the music, as well as the text of this opera, was written by Matinsky.

[6] Karatagyn gives a list of twenty-six operas in the preface to Jurgenson’s edition of The Miller.

[7] A History of Russian Opera (Istoriya Russ. Operî), Jurgenson, St. Petersburg, 1905.

[8] He must not be confounded with V. V. Berezovsky, whose “Russian Music” (Rousskaya Muzyka: Kritiko-istorichesky Ocherk) appeared in 1898.