Rothschild's Violin

Rothschild's Violin

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1996-12-18

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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Rothschild's Violin

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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.

Released

1996-12-18

Runtime

101

Director

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Language

Pусский

Production

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    Sergey Makovetskiy

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    Dainius Kazlauskas

    Dainius Kazlauskas
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    Tõnu Kark

    Tõnu Kark
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    Tarmo Männard

    Tarmo Männard
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    Tamara Solodovnikova

    Tamara Solodovnikova
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    Kaljo Kiisk

    Kaljo Kiisk
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    Epp Eespäev

    Epp Eespäev
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    Kirill Shigaev

    Kirill Shigaev
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    Katariina Unt

    Katariina Unt
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    Sulev Luik

    Sulev Luik
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    Mari Törőcsik

    Mari Törőcsik
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    Székely B. Miklós

    Székely B. Miklós
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    Sándor Zsótér

    Sándor Zsótér
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    Ferenc Jávori

    Ferenc Jávori
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    Kirsi Mari Lepik

    Kirsi Mari Lepik