Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - 20 March, 1914

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 March 1914, page 625:

In the morning I went through Figaro, the ensembles and some of the recitatives preceding the arias. Rehearsal at two o'clock, which today went not at all badly and presages a good performance. The only place where things went seriously awry was in the difficult ensemble in the second act, where the singers answer one another and the orchestra provides a background like a sort of indistinct rustling. The singer taking the part of the gardener [Antonio] is the idiot Mandelbaum. He has no concept of rhythm, loses his place, never looks at the conductor and altogether threatens …   more >>

cite as

Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 March 1914. In Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries 1907-1914 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 625. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450134541749 accessed: 9 October, 2024

location of experience: Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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Nozze di Figaro
written by Mozart, Mozart
performed by Mandelbaum, Student performers of the Imperial Conservatoire (second cast), Sergei Prokofiev

Experience Information

Date/Time 20 March, 1914
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:09:02 +0000
Approved on Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:28:58 +0100