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Khokhlov, Kochetova, Bartsal, Usatov, and Korsov
the opera singers
also: Хохлов, Кочетова, Барцал, Усатов, Корсов
A group of real Moscow Bolshoi opera singers of Chekhov's day -- Pavel Khokhlov, Aleksandra Kochetova, Anton Bartsal, Dmitri Usatov, and Bogomir Korsov -- named together as the narrator's idols.
Reading notes
- M. P. §9 Khokhlov
Pavel Khokhlov, a leading Bolshoi baritone of Chekhov's day, dropped here as a celebrity acquaintance Vasily Ivanych falsely claims to know a name-dropping habit.
- The Third Case §1 Khokhlov, Kochetova, Bartsal, Usatov, Korsov
Real singers of the Moscow Bolshoi opera company in Chekhov's day -- Pavel Khokhlov, Aleksandra Kochetova, Anton Bartsal, Dmitri Usatov, and Bogomir Korsov -- named by the narrator as objects of his adulation.