Moscow, Russia
Bolshoi Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky
Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Rachmaninoff
Koussevitzky, conductor.
Rachmaninoff's role
Concerto Soloist
Notes
Satina indicates that this ‘Great Concert-Performance’ was a performance for the ‘benefit of the Polish Committee to help the Refugees’. Along with performances by the Bolshoi Ballet, the event included Verses on Poland, read by M. Ermolova and T. Shepkina-Koupernik, Verses, read by Mrs Gzovskaya, and excerpts from poems by Mickiewicz. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.