In the essay, professor at the H. Eisler Hochschule of Music in Berlin, pianist-accompanist Semyon Skigin shares his memories of the Soviet opera singer, outstanding performer of ancient Russian romances, People’s Artist of the RSFSR Galina Alekseevna Kareva, with whom he was fortunate to collaborate at the beginning of his career. They are preceded by discussions about the effectiveness of prohibitions in art, about the “cultural” revolution after 1917, the unenviable lot of the “light genre” and angry statements in the press by musicians, including D. D. Shostakovich, against the composers working in it, about the fate of ancient Russian romance and the “gypsy-foxtrot” movement in general, about the ideological enemies of proletarian art, about the border between bad and good taste.
Skigin, S. B. “Galina Kareva, or the story of one prohibition.” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 2, 2024, pp. 218–223, doi:10.34690/405. (In Russ.)
