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Music and revolution: the election
of the manager of the opera troupe
of the Mariinsky theatre in 1917 |
Petr Gordeev
The article is devoted to a unique election campaign, held in 1917 at the Mariinsky theatre. After the February Revolution in Russia was held “democratic wave” that reached up to the former Imperial theaters, who’s artists first gained the right to elect their leadership. Several famous musicians applied for the position of the opera troupe’s chief. In the end, after the two months of profound thinking, accompanied reporting of the campaign in press, the troupe chose Alexander Ziloti – a talented pianist and conductor, as well as an outstanding entrepreneur – as its leader. During the “electoral debates” the question of the relationship between the theatrical life of the principles of collective self-government and autocracy of the head of theater was repeatedly raised. The second of them, embodied in the personality and the program of Ziloti, eventually triumphed.
Keywords: A.I. Ziloti, Mariinsky theatre, the opera, the revolution of 1917, the elections.
Contacts: E-mail: petergordeev@mail.ru
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