Russian Opera
Too little is known of Russian opera in this country. It is true that Tschaikowsky’s “Pique-Dame,” Rubinstein’s “Nero,” Moussorgsky’s “Boris Godounoff,” Borodin’s “Prince Igor,” Rimsky-Korsakoff’s fascinating “Coq d’Or” have been performed here; while one act of Serge Rachmaninoff’s “Miser Knight” was given by Henry Russell at the Boston Opera House with that excellent artist George Baklanoff in the title rôle. But according to Mr. Rachmaninoff thirteen operas of Rimsky-Korsakoff still await an American production and this represents the work of only one composer. Who will undertake the further education of the American public in this respect?