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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

NAPOLEON WINS THE BATTLE OF BORODINO, SEPTEMBER 7, 1812; LOSES THE WAR


THE BATTLE OF 
BORODINO 
September 7, 1812 


DONALD GRAMM AS MARSHAL KUTUZOV 
IN SARAH CALDWELL'S STAGING OF 
PROKOFIEV'S OPERA OF WAR AND PEACE, 
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY LEO TOLSTOY 

Kutuzov was the Russian field marhsal who opposed Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Borodino, September 7, 1812, which Napoleon won, but at a cost in men and material so high that Kutuzov ultimately won the War of 1812 ("The Patriotic War") for Russia. 

For more of Gramm-as-Kutuzov, see here; for another scene from this production of War and Peace, see here; for a view of the Narva Triumphal Arch constructed to commemorate the victory over Napoleon, see here. 


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

MARSHAL KUTUZOV & WAR AND PEACE: THE 500TH POST


THE FIVE HUNDREDTH POST 


DONALD GRAMM 
as 
MARSHAL MIKHAIL KUTUZOV 
in 
SARAH CALDWELL'S 
production of 
SERGEI PROKOFIEV's 
opera 
"WAR AND PEACE" 
based on 
LEO TOLSTOY'S 
novel of the same name 

Photographed for TIME Magazine 

Another of Caldwell's singers, 
PLACIDO DOMINGO, here 

For a photograph of the production overall, 
see here