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Rachmaninoff and the Tsar 

Hershey Felder – Rachmaninoff and the Tsar 

A New Musical Play

  • The Music of Sergei V. Rachmaninoff
  • Book by Hershey Felder
  • With Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff &
  • Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II
  • Directed by Trevor Hay

Chicago Premiere 

The life and music of the great Russian composer are brought to vivid life by the virtuoso talent behind last year’s Monsieur Chopin.

Synopsis

Rachmaninoff and the Tsar  synopsis

Having safely escaped Russia during the 1917 revolution, beloved composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff performed all over the world before eventually making his home in sunny Beverly Hills. Privately longing for the Russia that he knew and loved as a young man, one memory in particular continues to disturb him—being haunted by Tsar Nicholas II. Hershey Felder's newest musical play will feature the virtuoso actor/pianist in the role of Rachmaninoff alongside British-Italian actor Jonathan Silvestri in the role of Nicholas II. Featuring the composer’s most beloved works, Rachmaninoff and the Tsar promises to be another mystical musical journey in the inimitable Hershey Felder style that audiences have come to know and love. 

Alexandra C. & John D. Nichols Theatre

325 Tudor Court Glencoe, Illinois, 60022