Nathan Milstein in Odessa - early 20th Century
from From Russia to the West : the musical memoirs and reminiscences of Nathan Milstein, page 7:
Stolyarsky lived in a building with a steep marble staircase. One time I was leaving with a classmate, Edgar Ortenberg, who later played in the Budapest Quartet. Stolyarsky had rewarded us for a good lesson with tickets to I Pagliacci at the Odessa opera, and Ortenberg was so happy with the honour, he bounced around on the stairs and banged against my shoulder. I fell down the stairs and cracked my left temple. Blood was pouring down my face, but I kept smiling. Dr. Auslender sewed up the gash.
I got to see I Pagliacci at a later performance, with Caruso. He was short, fat, and sang … more >>
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Nathan Milstein, and Soloman Volkov (ed.), From Russia to the West : the musical memoirs and reminiscences of Nathan Milstein (:London, 1990), p. 7. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1406229420182 accessed: 12 October, 2024
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Pagliacci
written by Ruggero Leoncavallo |
performed by Enrico Caruso |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
During Milstein's childhood in Odessa.
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:17:00 +0100
Approved on Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:30:20 +0000