Theatre Costume
ca. 1910 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Costume for Boris Godunov worn by Feodor Chaliapin in the Coronation Scene of Boris Godunov, probably for Serge Diaghilev's Russian Opera Season, Paris, 1909
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Costume for Boris Godunov worn by Feodor Chaliapin in the Coronation Scene of 'Boris Godunov', probably for Serge Diaghilev's Russian Opera Season, Paris, 1909. |
| Physical description | Costume for Boris Godunov worn by Feodor Chaliapin in the Coronation Scene of Boris Godunov, probably for Serge Diaghilev's Russian Opera Season, Paris, 1909 |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Costume for Boris Godunov worn by Feodor Chaliapin in the Coronation Scene of Modeste Mussorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov', probably for Serge Diaghilev's Russian Opera season in Paris, 1909. The music for the opera was revised by Rimsky Korsakov, and the libretto was written by Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karamzin after Pushkin. Chaliapin also appeared as Boris Godunov at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1913. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Associations | |
| Literary reference | Boris Godunov |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.459 to E-1979 |
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| Record created | February 22, 2005 |
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