Valery Gergiev and the Kirov: A Story of Survival

by John Ardoin

Book Overview

Acclaimed music journalist John Ardoin focuses on the inspired directorship of Valery Gergiev in his eloquent celebration of the Kirov theater and its heroic survival. In the 1990s this great artistic institution regained its original name, the Mariinsky Theater, and thanks to Gergiev's efforts won back its status as Russia's premier opera theatre. HARDCOVER.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574670646
• ISBN13: 9781574670646
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Amadeus Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 10.7"