Diaghilev: Creator of the Ballets Russes

by Rosamund Bartlett, Lynn Garafola, Gleb Pospelov

Catalog accompanying the exhibition "Diaghilev, creator of the Ballets russes", 25 January-14 April, 1996, Barbican Art Gallery

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172) and index

175 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Rosamund Bartlett is a cultural historian with expertise in Russian literature, music, and art. She has a particular interest in European Modernism, opera, and the intersection between politics, history and the arts, and has lectured on these subjects at universities and public institutions around the world. Her books include Wagner and Russia and Tolstoy: A Russian Life. She has also written a biography of Chekhov, and published translations of his short stories and letters. Her new translation of Anna Karenina was published in 2014.

She is a Trustee of the Anton Chekhov Foundation, for which is she currently overseeing the Early Chekhov Translation Project and the Anton Chekhov’s Garden project, which was launched with a show garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, 2-8 July 2018