Harlow Robinson

CDs

Boris Godunov

Harlow Robinson talks about this Russian masterpiece with musical examples from the EMI recording featuring Bozena Kinasz, Nicolai Gedda and Martti Talvela with Jerzy Semkow conducting.

Robinson discusses Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, with musical examples from the EMI recording with Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicolai Gedda and Dimiter Petkov.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Harlow Robinson talks about A Midsummer Night's Dream with examples from the recording.

Selected Works

American Film History

Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians
Now in Bookstores From the beginning of the silent film era in Hollywood to the newest James Bond film, this is the story of Russian émigrés in Hollywood and the depiction of Russians in Hollywood films.

Biography

Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography
"a thoughtful study of a puzzling personality in and out of music..." The Washington Post

The Last Impresario: The Life, Times and Legacy of Sol Hurok
Biography of one of the greatest arts impresarios of the twentieth century, and chief importer of Russian and Soviet attractions to the United States, Sol Hurok (1888-1974) "a fascinating study of a remarkable man" The Washington Post Book World

Russian music and cultural history

Selected Letters of Sergei Prokofiev (translator and editor)
Translation from Russian into English of selected correspondence of Soviet/Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953, with introduction and notes

Quick Links

University Press of New England

2003 Gergiev Festival on Prokofiev

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast

Northeastern University
Dept of History

The Prokofiev Page
Prokofiev All the Time

Metropolitan Opera Shop

Northeastern University Press

Authors Guild

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