Sergei Prokofiev - 26 March, 1913, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 March 1913, pages 352-353:
After dinner I put on my dinner-jacket and headed towards Offitserskaya Street to take Umnenkaya* to Siegfried. I stayed for half an hour in pleasant conversation with Lida and her sistersm then we went to the theatre. She has a new coiffure, and as always looks most elegant. The box to our right was occupied by the Ruzskys, sitting in the one to the left was Volodya Deshevov, hence Lida and I were subjected to a crossfire of curious glances. Throughout the first act we were so buried in the piano score that I got a stitch in my side from the awkwardness of my position, so for Act … more >>
Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 26 March 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 352-353. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438542073007 accessed: 7 November, 2024
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Siegfried
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Imperial Opera Company |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 26 March, 1913, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
* Lidia Umnova