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 >>
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
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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 |