The previous "Mozart Minute" compared Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Mozart and Salieri with the much later stage play and film Amadeus. In the 1890s, Rimsky's opera brought together some illustrious musicians and brought about at least one momentous musical occurrence. Benefactor Savva Mamontov's Private Russian Opera Company gave the world premiere in 1898, featuring tenor Vasily Shkafer as Mozart and the young bass Fyodor Shalyapin as Salieri. Shalyapinâs mentor Sergei Rachmaninoff was at the piano. At the time of the premiere, Shalyapin, who would become legendary, was at the very beginning of his career. And according to scholar Richard Taruskin, the role of Salieri "brought Shalyapin his first fame." Below, Shalyapin sings "As a cherub" from Rimsky-Korsakovâs Mozart and Salieri. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXcS-TzbQg
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.