Sergei Prokofiev in Saint Petersburg Conservatory - early November, 1910
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 3 November 1910, page 185:
I am horribly busy and a vast amount of time goes on the conducting class. We are putting on 'The Tsar's Bride'* and 'Romeo'** and this means I have to be virtually full time in the opera class; this is absolutely necessary seeing that I have decided to study opera conducting technique. It is not easy, and sometimes it is deadly boring, especially when one has to sit through such appalling music as 'Romeo'...
Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 3 November 1910. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 185. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1426373575244 accessed: 3 February, 2025
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Roméo et Juliette
written by Charles Gounod |
performed by Student performers of the Imperial Russian Conservatoire |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early November, 1910 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
* 1878 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov ** Roméo et Juliette, 1864 opera by Charles Gounod