tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post3438220350298608562..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: Opera for the Neophyte in War and PeaceSteve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-91021932369512256812019-01-11T07:58:19.476-08:002019-01-11T07:58:19.476-08:00Thanks, Fitz!Thanks, Fitz!Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-5753765286081379452019-01-11T06:40:22.831-08:002019-01-11T06:40:22.831-08:00Steve,
Another source: an academic at Columbia bel...Steve,<br />Another source: an academic at Columbia believes it to be a single opera, Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable. Check it out:<br /><br />http://www.academia.edu/12581157/Natash_Rostova_at_Meyerbeers_Robert_le_DiableFitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145416467830943805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-19611197917857202032017-06-03T21:30:33.397-07:002017-06-03T21:30:33.397-07:00Hello Sasha. As my blog suggests based on what I f...Hello Sasha. As my blog suggests based on what I found written by someone who has dug deeper into this question than I have, it seems that the opera described through Natasha's naive point of view in <i>War and Peace</i> was not any single, particular opera, but seems to be a pastiche of Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, and Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Mikhail Glinka. The short article I cite suggests that Mikhail Glinka's "A Life for the Tsar," which Tolstoy attended in December 1864, might be the opera from which the scenes are most directly drawn. I don't know that opera myself. Thanks for visiting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13786181678850652629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-45313116451896414072017-06-03T14:41:20.959-07:002017-06-03T14:41:20.959-07:00Hi, and many thanks for this article - it seems to...Hi, and many thanks for this article - it seems to be the one and only on this matter on the Internet! Sorry for my sloppy English, it's not my native language. I'm still wondering what opera was described in War & Peace. May I ask you, if you've found the right answer? Thank you, I'm so excited to find you! :)Sashanoreply@blogger.com