Sergei Prokofiev in Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York - 27 February, 1919, at night

from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 27 February 1919, page 394:

In the evening I went to Pelléas. The original plan had been to go with Dagmar, but as she did not telephone I went on my own. In the end we ended up in the same box, having both obtained passes from the management. I wanted very much to immerse myself in the opera, which moves me deeply, but I found my equilibrium disturbed by Dagmar's proximity so that Dagmar quite spoiled Pelléas for meand Pelléas spoiled Dagmar. I parted coldly from her and returned home upset. 

cite as

http://data.open.ac.uk/led/person/Sergey+Prokofiev/1450307447086, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 27 February 1919, p. 394. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1452202353036 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York

Listeners

Sergei Prokofiev
performer, Composer, Musician
1891-1953

Listening to

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'Pelléas et Mélisande'
written by Claude Debussy

Experience Information

Date/Time 27 February, 1919, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Thu, 07 Jan 2016 21:32:33 +0000
Approved on Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:34:06 +0100