Background
Volkonskii, Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince was born on May 16, 1860 in his family’s estate at Faal, near Tallinn.
Volkonskii, Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince was born on May 16, 1860 in his family’s estate at Faal, near Tallinn.
Graduated in philology from Petersburg University.
Director of the Imperial Theatres, 1899-1901. Promoted the Mir Iskusstva artists in their theatrical work. Hired A. Benois, K. Korovin, L. Bakst, V. Serov and E. Lanceray.
Appointed A. Gorskii chief choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre. Promoted M. Fokin, V. Nijinskii and I. Duncan. Emigrated after the October Revolution 1917.
1913, and memoirs.