Sylvia Townsend Warner - 28 June, 1928

from The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, page 19:

Thursday [28th] evening I went to see Boris Goudonov. Chaliapin with a bad Italian company. Chaliapin a more terrific actor than ever.  Just as the curtain fell at the end of the fit scene I saw him turn his head - still watching that ghost in case it should pounce again. This was superb.

cite as

Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Claire Harman (ed.), The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner (:London, 1994), p. 19. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1440771244985 accessed: 29 March, 2024

Listeners

Sylvia Townsend Warner
Musicologist, Writer
1893-1978

Listening to

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Boris Godunov
written by Modest Mussorgsky
performed by Chaliapin

Experience Information

Date/Time 28 June, 1928
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:14:05 +0100
Approved on Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:58:55 +0000