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Nadezhda Velter as Carmen. 1942
Programme of premiere performances of Carmen at the Leningrad Philharmonic. July 1942
One highlight of cultural life in Leningrad under siege was a production of the opera Carmen. More precisely, it was a music and drama composition: the singer Nina Chernyavskaya read extracts from Mérimée’s novella, interspersed with parts of Bizet’s opera. The production was staged by the singer Nadezhda Velter. After the departure of the Kirov Theatre’s Deputy Director Alexander Belyakov to Perm it was she who directed the members of the company who had remained in town.