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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (1863 - 1930) was active/lived in Russian Federation.  Aleksandr Golovin is known for Painting.

Golovin designed the set of Agamemnon's Palace in Mykonos for Richard Strauss' (1864-1949) one-act opera 'Elektra' based on new archaeological findings by Arthur Jones Evans (1851-1941) in Crete.  Golovin's preparation for the creation of any new performance always included a search for new materials and a thorough and comprehensive exploration of their possibilities.

The artist stated: 'More than anything, knowledge is necessary to allow oneself complete freedom of fantasy'; knowledge of this sort was critical to Golovin in his work on 'Elektra'.  The opera's author, the composer Richard Strauss, took a lively interest in the staging of 'Elektra' at the Mariinsky Theatre.  On 16 January 1913, he visited the Director of the Imperial Theatres, Vladimir Telyakovskii (1860-1924) and on 26 January led a rehearsal of the opera himself.  As a result, according to Golovin's recollections, the 'author of 'Elektra' was very pleased with the staging and sai   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3330 characters.]  Artist bio

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