Sokolovsky, Mikhail Matveyevich

Sokolovsky [Suhkalóffsky], Mikhail Matveyevich (A.c. 1750–80). Violinist, cond., and comp. During the 1870s–80s played in M. theater orchestras and taught at M. Univ. Comp. the first Russian comic opera, Miller-Magician, Cheat, and Matchmaker, which at one time was misattributed to Ye. Fomin (who revised it) and became a model for many Russian operas of the late eighteenth century. Although in the tradition of Rousseau's The Village Soothsayer, Sokolovsky's opera also includes considerable…