Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 5 November, 1913, in the afternoon

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 November 1913, page 535:

Before the rehearsal with Hansen, Tcherepnin played some excerpts from Carmen so deliciously that I was seized with a desire to hear this opera, the more so as many people have said what an excellent production of it is now to be seen at the Music Drama Theatre. But alas, tonight the performance was of Sadko, not Carmen.

cite as

Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 5 November 1913. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 535. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446376252372 accessed: 19 April, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

hide composers
Excerpts from Carmen
written by Georges Bizet
performed by Nikolay Tcherepnin

Experience Information

Date/Time 5 November, 1913, in the afternoon
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:10:53 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:38:47 +0100