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Contents· acknowledgments · ix· Note on Transliteration and Translation · xi· list of Abbreviations · xiii· Introduction · 1 1 The Silver Age and the Legacy of the 1860s · 15 2 Serving the Beautiful · 35 3 Echoes of Abramtsevo · 68 4 Visual Impressions · 88 5 Opera as Drama · 130 6 From Meiningen to Meyerhold · 171 7 Politics, Repertory, and the Market · 208 8 Faces of the Enterprise · 261· Appendix A. Brief Chronology of Savva Mamontov’s Life and Career · 291· Appendix B. Selected Premieres and Revivals at the Moscow Private Opera · 295· Notes · 297· works cited · 339· Index · 345 ...

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