Died 1929-08-19.
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Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.
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business · Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929) · art critic · impresario · journalist · editing staff · art historian · entrepreneur · choreographer · theatre · artist · also Sergei Diaghilev, Serge de Diaghilev, Sergey Dyagilev, Serge. Diaghilev, Serge P. Diaghilev, Serge Diaghilev
Born 31 March 1872 · Died 19 August 1929 · Q211513
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1929· 1 entry
1925· 1 entry
Ruth Page emerged as a founder of her own ballet troupes based in Chicago, including the Chicago Opera Ballet
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1920· 1 entry
And staged Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty in London in 1921; it was a production of remarkable magnificence in both settings and costumes, but, despite being well received by the public, it was a financial disaster fo
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1910· 2 entries
Commissioned his first score from Stravinsky, The Firebird
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Drew the ire of the composer's widow, Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova, who protested in open letters to Diaghilev published in the periodical Rech
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1909· 1 entry
The very first ballet Saison Russe took place and its success overwhelmed even the artists themselves
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1907· 1 entry
Organised 'Concerts historiques russes' with famous composers like Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Glazunov, Feodor Chaliapin, and Félia Litvinne
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1906· 1 entry
Diaghilev organized and opened the 'Two Centuries of the Russian art and Sculpture' exposition at Salon d'Automne
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1904· 1 entry
Published a monograph on Dmitry Levitzky
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1900· 1 entry
Prince Serge Wolkonsky entrusted Diaghilev with the staging of Léo Delibes' ballet Sylvia, a favorite of Benois
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1899· 1 entry
Prince Serge Wolkonsky received directorship of all Imperial theaters
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1897· 1 entry
At the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts became a huge success—one which Diaghilev repeated in 1898 with the exhibition of the Russian and Finnish artists at the Stieglitz Academy with the works of those
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1896· 1 entry
Studied at Imperial St. Petersburg University (1890–1896).
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1873· 1 entry
Pavel met and married Elena Panaeva, who loved Sergei and raised him as her own child
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1872· 1 entry
Born 1872-03-31.
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