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1996

Rothschild's Violin

Скрипка Ротшильда
Runtime
1h 41m
Countries
  • FI
  • Finland
  • FR
  • France
  • HU
  • Hungary
  • CH
  • Switzerland
Languages
  • ru
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". Jewish motifs enter Shostakovich's own work.

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Shostakovich
Benjamin Fleischmann
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Dec. 18, 1996
  • Original Language
    Russian