Aleksey Kartavov
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Impresario at the Kharkov Opera Theatre, where Tchaikovsky visited during the early 1890s, born Aleksey Fyodorovich Kartavov (Алексей Фёдорович Картавов).
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksey Kartavov have survived, dating from 1891 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 4524 – 25 October/6 November 1891, from Moscow
- Letter 4532 – 2/14 November 1891, from Moscow
- Letter 4540 – 10/22 November 1891, from Moscow
- Letter 4868 – 16/28 February 1893, from Moscow
One letter from Aleksey Kartavov to the composer, dating from 5/17 November 1891, is also preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, No. 1398).
