Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg
The series about historical places of opera art & culture. Get to know exciting excursion and travel ideas for opera lovers. This time: Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg.
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Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg
At the age of ten, Tchaikovsky experiences a traumatic event; to his horror, he is sent to a boarding school in St. Petersburg. With this event his childhood ends abruptly and he is prepared for a civil service career. At the age of 21, he leaves the civil service and begins a career as a musician, penniless. He stays in St. Petersburg for another 5 years and then goes to Moscow, where he has his center of life as a teacher in the Conservatory. He will return to Leningrad countless times and finally die there already 53 years old.
Destination Death Place Malaya Morskaya Street, 13
Many books have been written about the mystery of Tchaikovsky’s cause of death. Was it the glass of water with which he had involuntarily contracted cholera, which was rampant in St. Petersburg, or was it a court of honor whose verdict he had bowed to and swallowed arsenic? Nowadays the opinion prevails that the former is true. Anyway, the building where he died still exists, his death room can even be booked (Tchaikovsky Suite), it is a hotel called Tchaikovskyhouse. It was the apartment of his brother Modest at that time. In the photo below you can see the death room framed in blue.
Tschaikowski-House:
http://www.tchaikovskyhouse.com/hotel/?lang=en
Destination Leiner’s Restaurant at 18, Nevsky Prospect
5 days before his death, Tchaikovsky drank the ominous glass of water in Leiner’s restaurant, although he was informed by the waiter that boiled water was not available, which was necessary because of the rampant cholera. He then went to Modest’s apartment and was not to leave it, dying on November 6. The restaurant building still stands, Leiner’s no longer exists, this beautiful building now houses an American fast food restaurant.
18 Nevsky Prospect:
Destination Mariinsky Theater
The Mariinsky Theater was an important theater for Tchaikovsky, who premiered important works there, such as the famous ballets “Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty” as well as the opera “Queen of Spades”. The Mariinsky was called Kirov during the Soviet period and has returned to its old name. This theater still shines with ballet and opera performances at the highest level.
Mariinsky Theatre:
Destination Tikhvin Cemetery
His grave is located in the Tikhvin cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg. Tchaikovsky’s abdication took place in Kazan Cathedral, the sympathy was huge, 60,000 people applied for tickets. The grave is located in the Tikhvin cemetery in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov and Modest Mussorgsky are also buried near it.
Tikhvin Cemetery:
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