The Firebird
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The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreo
Costume sketch for the titular Firebird by Léon Bakst, 1910
Igor Stravinsky, c. 1920s
Sketch of scenery for The Firebird by Aleksandr Golovin, who designed the sets and co-designed costumes with Léon Bakst for the premiere
Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird and Michel Fokine as Prince Ivan in the 1910 Ballets Russes production
Alexander Glazunov
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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928
Portrait of Glazunov by Ilya Repin, 1887
Glazunov family coat of arms
Portrait of Mitrofan Belyayev by Ilya Repin (1886)
Glazunov before 1913