Sergei Ivanovich Zimin () (June 20 (June 8,
Old Style
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), 1875 – July 26, 1942) was an
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...
and
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
manager from the Russian Empire. In 1903 he founded
Zimin Opera
The Zimin Opera was founded by the Russian entrepreneur Sergei Zimin in Moscow, Russia in 1903.
The company staged the premieres of such operas as Rimsky-Korsakov's '' Golden Cockerel'', Gretchaninoff's ''Beatris Sister'' and Ippolitov-Ivanov ...
company.
He was born in
Zuevo, to an
Old Believer
Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow be ...
family, the son of textile mill owner
Ivan Nikitich Zimin.
Under his leadership Zimin Opera staged more than 120 operas.
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1875 births
1942 deaths
Businesspeople from the Russian Empire