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27%OFFSimon Morrison - Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today - 9780007576630 - V9780007576630
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Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

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Description for Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today Paperback. On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ASDL; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, dragging one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. In Bolshoi Confidential, renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows how the attack, and its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, and to the world. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007576630
SKU
V9780007576630
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-44

About Simon Morrison
Simon Morrison is a professor of music at Princeton University, a contributor to the New York Times and the New York Review of Books, and the author of, most recently, The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Reviews for Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today
`The title means what it says. There's plenty of scandal here: arson, double suicide, dead cats flung at curtain calls. At the same time, the book is energetically researched, beautifully written - fun, relaxed, sophisticated - and full of serious ideas, boldly stated' Joan Acocella, The New Yorker ... Read more

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