Panteleieff (Maxim) papers, 1917-1952

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Summary

Title:
Maxim Panteleieff papers
Dates:
1917-1952
Creators:
Panteleieff, Maxim, 1887-1958
Abstract:
Clippings, flyers, and photographs, relating to the Russian Art Grand Opera Company.
Extent:
1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Maxim Panteleieff Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Maxim (Max) Panteleieff was an opera baritone and the founder-director of the Russian Art Grand Opera Company, which toured the United States and other countries. He was well known for his concert and oratorio appearances throughout the United States, Europe, and the Orient. This collection contains programs of his performances, clippings about him and the Russian Art Grand Opera Company, as well as photographs of him in different opera costumes.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1887
Born, Russia
1914
Made his debut in "Faust"
1914-1918
Sang in the Musical Drama Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia
1918
Left Russia for a concert tour of China and Japan
1922
Toured the United States with the Russian Art Grand Opera Company
1958
Died, United States(?)

M. P. Panteleieff was a baritone who had a successful career in Russia and the United States. Born in 1887, he began his operatic career in the Musical Drama Theater of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1914, where he played the part of Valentine in Gounaud's version of"Faust." In 1918, he left Russia to tour the Far East, eventually gravitating to the west coast of the United States. Early in the 1920s he founded the Russian Grand Opera Company, which gave performances across the U.S.

Panteleieff himself appeared as Boris Godunov in the opera of the same name, as the demon in Anton Rubenstein's composition based on Lermontov's poem, as King Dodon in Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Le Coq d'Or," and in many other roles. Critics consistently extolled his performances and some even compared him to Fedor Shaliapin. After many years of touring with Russian opera companies, he died in the United States in 1958.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2001
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Polina Ilieva
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-02-02 15:55:47.764259

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Maxim Panteleieff Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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