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                                                        Akimov Comedy Theatre 
                                                                           
                         
                        AKIMOV COMEDY THEATRE (56 Nevsky Prospect). Founded in 1926 as the Satire Theatre (private non-repertory company). Originally, it mainly produced so-called programme-reviews comprised of burning miniatures. B.A. Babochkin, L.O
                                             
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                                                        Akimov N.P. (1901-1968) director 
                                                                           
                         
                        AKIMOV Nikolay Pavlovich (1901-1968), artist, director, pedagogue, theatre worker, People's Artist of the USSR (1961). From 1910 he lived in Tsarskoe Selo, from 1912 in St. Petersburg. Studied in St
                                             
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                                                        Alchevsky I.A. (1876-1917), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ALCHEVSKY Ivan Alexeevich (1876-1917), opera singer, lyrical dramatic tenor. Learned to sing under elder brother, G.A. Alchevsky. From 1896 to 1901, he was in the Natural Science Department of the University of Kharkov
                                             
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                                                        Alexandrinsky Theatre 
                                                                           
                         
                        ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE (2 Ostrovskogo Square), called Alexandrinsky Theatre 1832-1920, it was granted the status of Academic in 1919, and in 1920 named the Petrograd (Leningrad) State Academic Drama Theatre (Akdrama, Gosdrama)
                                             
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                                                        Andreev V.V., (1861-1918) musician 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANDREEV Vasily Vasilievich (1861-1918, Petrograd), musician, pedagogue, virtuoso balalaika-player, inventor of the instrument's concert version, creator of various "national instrument" ensembles and orchestras whose repertoire, arrangement
                                             
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                                                        Andreeva-Delmas L.A. (1884-1969), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANDREEVA-DELMAS Lyubov Alexandrovna (nee Tishchinskaya; appeared under the stage name of Delmas, married name Andreeva) (1884-1969, Leningrad), opera singer (mezzo-soprano), chamber singer, and teacher. Studied at the St
                                             
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                                                        Andzhan Anton Iosifovich (1892-1974), make-up artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANDZHAN Anton Iosifovich (1892-1974), make-up artist, Honoured Worker of Culture of the RSFSR (1967). He worked as a make-up artist in St. Petersburg’s theatres and worked on the most prominent actors of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
                                             
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                                                        Angiolini G. (1731-1803), dancer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANGIOLINI Domenico Gasparo Maria (1731-1803), Italian dancer, ballet master, scenario writer, composer, teacher. In St. Petersburg, he was the court company's first dancer and choreographer (intermittently between 1766 and 1786)
                                             
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                                                        "Aquarium" 
                                                                           
                         
                        "AQUARIUM", an entertainment theatre-garden, set by entrepreneur G.A. Alexandrov (died in 1910), who took a lease on a piece of land at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue in 1886 (on the site of present-day houses Nos
                                             
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                                                        Araya F., (1709 - after 1775), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ARAYA Francesco (1709 - after 1775), Italian composer, first foreign Court Kapellmeister, composer of the first opera staged in St. Petersburg (The Might of Love and Hatred, 1736), and the first opera in Russian (Tsefal and Prokris, libretto by A.P
                                             
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                                                        Art Festivals (entry) 
                                                                           
                         
                        ART FESTIVALS are demonstrations of progress in different fields of art. As a rule, they are periodic and held simultaneously in several city venues. The oldest festival in St
                                             
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                                                        Asafyev B. V. , (1884-1949) music theorist and composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        ASAFYEV Boris Vladimirovich (penname Igor Glebov) (1884, St. Petersburg - 1949), music theorist, composer, People"s Artist of the USSR (1946), member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1946)
                                             
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                                                        Asenkova V.N., (1817-1841), actress 
                                                                           
                         
                        ASENKOVA Varvara Nikolaevna (1817 - 1841, St. Petersburg), actress. Studied at the Petersburg Drama School (1828-30) and in a private boarding school, graduating from neither one. In 1835 she was trained by I.I
                                             
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                                                        Auer L. (1845-1930), violinist 
                                                                           
                         
                        AUER Leopold (1845-1930), violinist, pedagogue, conductor, student of J. Joachim. Came from Austria-Hungary. Lived in St. Petersburg in 1868-1917. During a tour to London, became acquainted with A. G
                                             
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                                                        Balakirev M.A., (1836-1910) , composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BALAKIREV Mily Alexeevich (1836-1910, St. Petersburg), composer, pianist, conductor, music and public figure. Studied at the Mathematics Department of Kazan University. Lived in St
                                             
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                                                        Ballet Theatre (Boris Eifman) 
                                                                           
                         
                        BALLET THEATRE was founded under the guidance of Boris Eifman under the auspices of Lenconcert in 1977. At different times it had different names: the New Ballet, The Leningrad Ballet Ensemble, and the Leningrad Theatre of Modern Ballet
                                             
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                                                        Baltic House Festival Theatre 
                                                                           
                         
                        BALTIC HOUSE FESTIVAL THEATRE (4 Alexandrovsky Park) was established in 1936 by the Red Theatre Union and the Theatre of the Working Youth (TRAM) as the Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theatre
                                             
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                                                        Battistini М.(1856-1928), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BATTISTINI Mattia (1856-1928), Italian singer, baritone. With a soft expressive voice and a well-developed upper register, he was a darling of the audience. His career began in 1878 in Rome. Battistini's repertoire included roles in operas by G
                                             
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                                                        Belogradskaya E.T. (1739- after 1764), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BELOGRADSKAYA Elizaveta Timofeevna (1739, St. Petersburg - after 1764[?]), the first Russian singer (soprano) and harpsichord player. The daughter of lute player and singer Timofey Belogradsky
                                             
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                                                        Belyaev M.P., (1836-1903), public figure 
                                                                           
                         
                        BELYAEV Mitrofan Petrovich (1836, St. Petersburg - 1903, St. Petersburg) was a timber merchant, patron of arts, public figure and publisher of music scores, amateur musician
                                             
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                                                        Bi-Ba-Bo, Cabaret Theatre 
                                                                           
                         
                        BI-BA-BO, a cabaret theatre, opened in January 1917 in the vault of the Passage (19 Italyanskaya Street). It was established by producer K. A. Mardzhanov, poet N. Y. Agnivtsev and artist F. N
                                             
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                                                        Bogdanova-Chesnokova G.V. (1904-1983), singer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BOGDANOVA-CHESNOKOVA Glikeria Vasilievna (1904, St. Petersburg - 1983, Leningrad), musical comedy actress, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1970). Made her debut in 1920 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre as Lucile in J
                                             
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                                                        Borodin A.P., (1833-1887), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BORODIN Alexander Porfirievich (1833, St. Petersburg - 1887, ibidem), chemist, composer. A graduate of the Academy of Surgical Medical Sciences (1856), in 1858 he earned a doctorate in medicine and in 1864 was conferred the title of professor
                                             
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                                                        Bortnyansky D.S., (1751-1825), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        BORTNYANSKY Dmitry Stepanovich (1751-1825, St. Petersburg), chorister, composer, Kapellmeister, director of the Court Capella (from 1801), Actual Civil Counsellor (1806). In 1758, he was brought from Malorossiya (Eastern Ukraine) to St
                                             
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                                                        Bryantsev A.A., (1883-1961), director 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRYANTSEV Alexander Alexandrovich (1883, St. Petersburg - 1961, Leningrad), director, theatre worker, People's Artist of the USSR (1956). Graduated from the Historical Philological Faculty of Petersburg University (1908)
                                             
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                                                        Buff, theatre 
                                                                           
                         
                        BUFF, the name of several Petersburg musical theatres (from the Italian: opera buffa is comic opera). The first Theatre-Buff was opened in the garden of the Anichkov Palace (today known as the Recreation Garden) on Nevsky Prospect in 1872
                                             
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                                                        Cabaret (entry) 
                                                                           
                         
                        CABARET (from the French word cabaret - small restaurant). At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the name for small, literary and artistic restaurants, places for meetings of poets, musicians, actors, artists and other workers of art
                                             
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                                                        Cabaret Theatres (entry) 
                                                                           
                         
                        CABARET THEATRES became widely popular in St. Petersburg from 1908 and occupied a prominent place in the life and art during the pre-Revolutionary decade. Modelled on western European cabaret theatres
                                             
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                                                        Cavos C.А., (1775-1840), composer 
                                                                           
                         
                        CAVOS Catarino Albertovich (1775-1840, St. Petersburg), composer, bandmaster, and teacher. He studied under F. Bianchi in Incurabile Conservatory, Venice. Living in St. Petersburg from 1798, he served in the Board of Imperial Theatres
                                             
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                                                        Chabukiani V.M., (1910-1992), choreographer 
                                                                           
                         
                        CHABUKIANI Vakhtang Mikhailovich (1910-1992), ballet dancer, choreographer, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Upon graduating from the Leningrad School of Choreography, where he had studied under V.I
                                             
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