
Man of Music
History · Music
Overview
The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music, and reacts coldly to the creation of the composer. This makes him very sad, but soon he decides to go learn the art of music in Italy. After returning from Italy, he is full of desire to write national Russian opera. Vasily Zhukovsky proposes a subject: a feat of Ivan Susanin. Tsar Nicholas I change the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - Baron Rosen. Acquaintance with the future co-author shocked Glinka: Rosen speaks Russian with a noticeable German accent. The premiere was successful, but Glinka was still not entirely happy with the libretto: "False words were written by Rosen". When Nicholas I learned that Ruslan and Lyudmila was written on Pushkin's subject, he sees it as sedition. The bitter experience of the composer brighten his supporters.
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Boris Smirnov
Boris Smirnov
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Boris Smirnov
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka


Lev Durasov
Lev Durasov
Alexander Pushkin
Lev Durasov
Alexander Pushkin


Vladimir Savelyev
Vladimir Savelyev
Marshal Karl Ivanovich
Vladimir Savelyev
Marshal Karl Ivanovich


Lyubov Orlova
Lyubov Orlova
Ludmilla Ivanovna Glinka
Lyubov Orlova
Ludmilla Ivanovna Glinka


Yuri Lyubimov
Yuri Lyubimov
Alexander Dargomishky
Yuri Lyubimov
Alexander Dargomishky
Nikolay Korshunov
Nikolay Korshunov
Ivanov, tenor
Nikolay Korshunov
Ivanov, tenor


Sergei Kurilov
Sergei Kurilov
Karl Brullov
Sergei Kurilov
Karl Brullov


Mikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Nazvanov
Czar Nikolai I
Mikhail Nazvanov
Czar Nikolai I
Konstantin Nassonov
Konstantin Nassonov
Vasili Andreyevich Zhukovsky
Konstantin Nassonov
Vasili Andreyevich Zhukovsky


Berta Vinogradova
Berta Vinogradova
Giuditta Pasta
Berta Vinogradova
Giuditta Pasta
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