THE ITALIAN OPERA TOURS TO CHISINAU IN 1900-1912 REFLECTED IN PRESS REPORTS FROM MILAN

Abstract

Th e article examines the performances of the Italian opera artists on the stage of the Pushkin audience during their tours in Chisinau on the basis of the publications in the Milan theatre press. Th e opera repertoire, the composition of the troupes, the features of the vocal and artistic talents of the main performers are analyzed. Attention is paid to the interaction of the artists’ and the local audience during the performances, to the prima donnas honouring during the play. Th e tour routes of F. Castellano’s, the Gonzalez Brothers’ companies and of other opera groups, performing in Chisinau, have been reconstructed. In order to establish the stages of the professional development of the leading artists, their bibliographical data as well as the public spaces where their benefi t performances took place in Chisinau have been studied.

Keywords

• artistic tours
• f. castellano’s company
• the gonzalez brothers’ company
• the pushkin audience in chisinau
• italian opera