Moscow, Russia
Bolshoi Theatre
'The Queen of Spades'
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff's role
Conductor
Notes
'The Queen of Spades'. This was a special celebratory 100th performance of the opera at the Bolshoi Theatre, with Chaliapin’s first performance as Tomsky. Keldysh (p. 216) also noted Nezhdanova as Prilepa, and Zbrueva as Polina and Milovzor. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.