The literary lorgnette
Subtitle: attending opera in imperial Russia
By: Julie A. Buckler.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Opera -- Russia
Description: "This book treats opera-going in imperial Russia from multiple perspectives, and discusses such canonical works as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Goncharov's Oblomov, major operatic works including Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Verdi's La Traviata, the impact of Western opera in Russia and the Russian-style prima donna. The book engages with poems, sketches, feuilletons, stories, and rarely-discussed Russian novels, as well as non-fictional reminiscences, reviews, and visual images.

Throughout, the book is enriched with examples and anecdotes about performers, spectators, and critics, and reception histories of specific operatic works."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-289) and index.