{"product_id":"15589-stravinsky-igor-ballets-russes-mavra-1922-ballets-russes-a-l-opera-premiere-programs","title":"[Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)] [Ballets Russes] MAVRA  - 1922 Ballets Russes à l'Opéra Premiere Programs","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginal souvenir program from the May–June 1922 season of the Ballets Russes, with program insert dated June 13, 1922. The cover features a watercolor by Natalie Gotcharova of a costume for \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe Mariage de la Belle au Bois Dormant.\u003c\/i\u003e The contents include photographs of La Nijinska, Igor Stravinsky, and Vera Trefilova, Lubov Tchernicheva and others; color costume and set designs by Gontcharova, Michel Larionow, and others; and several pages of advertisements. The dated insert lists the performers for the works performed on June 13: \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe Sacre du Printemps, \u003c\/i\u003eStravinsky's one-act opera\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e Mavra \u003c\/i\u003e(described as the \"Creation\")\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe Mariage de la Belle au Bois Dormant \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(described as the \"Creation a Paris\")\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eContes de Fées. \u003c\/i\u003e36 pp. Some very light edge wear; toning to the insert; overall in very fine condition. 9.5 x 12.5 inches (24.3 x 31.7 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTogether with a second concert program insert, dated May 29, 1922, listing Russian songs and arias by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, and Dargomyzhsky, followed by a chamber performance of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eMavra \u003c\/i\u003ewith the composer at the piano. This performance was apparently a preview of the one-act opera buffa, which was premiered on June 13. Single-sheet, folded, with some soiling on the verso and toning; overall fine. 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eMavra\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-act opera buffa composed by Igor Stravinsky, considered one of the earliest works of his 'neo-classical' period. The libretto of the opera, by Boris Kochno, is based on Alexander Pushkin's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Little House in Kolomna\u003c\/i\u003e. The opera has been characterised as both an homage to Russian writers, and a satire of bourgeois manners and the Romeo and Juliet subgenre of romance. Philip Truman has also described the music as satirising 19th-century comic opera. \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eMavra\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in Paris on 3 June 1922, staged under the auspices of Sergei Diaghilev, with Oda Slobdoskaya, Zoïa Rosovska and Bélina Skoupevski. The opera was a failure at the premiere, partly because the large space of the Paris Opéra overwhelmed the small scale of the opera.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093589708959,"sku":"15589","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ballets_Russes_Prog_15589_1.jpg?v=1722189035","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15589-stravinsky-igor-ballets-russes-mavra-1922-ballets-russes-a-l-opera-premiere-programs","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}