The Russian Opera

PREFACE

Between January 19th, 1900, and April 4th, 1905, I read before the Musical Association of London five papers dealing with the Development of National Opera in Russia, covering a period from the first performance of Glinka's _A Life for the Tsar_ in 1836, to the production of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera _The Tsar's Bride_, in 1899. These lectures were illustrated b...