his debut with the New York City Opera, staging Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. With that company, he went on to direct Andrea Chénier, Don Giovanni, Aïda (with Camilla Williams, Suzy Morris, Ramón Vinay, and Lawrence Winters, with George Balanchine as choreographer), L'amour des trois oranges (in a production "devised by" Komisarjevsky; he became ill before the opening), and, in 1952, Wozzeck (with Marko Rothmüller and Patricia Neway). Komisarjevsky died at his home in Darien, Connecticut, on 17 April 1954, survived by his third wife, the dancer Ernestine Stodelle (1905–2008). It is not known how many children he left from his various affairs, but the ODNB records two sons and one daughter. Legacy Komisarjevsky wrote several books. Those published in English include Myself and the Theatre (1930), The Costume of the Theatre (1931) and The Theatre and a changing Civilization (1935). His books in Russian include Theatrical Preludes; The Costume, and The Art of the Actor. Komisarjevsky left a lasting legacy in London in the shape of theatre and cinema interiors he designed, including the Phoenix Theatre in Charing Cross Road, the Tooting Granada, the first cinema to be awarded Grade I-listed building status, the Woolwich Granada, and six other auditoria originally built for the same cinema chain. Notes References External links Komisarjevsky in Encyclopædia Britannica Komisarjevsky in Krugosvet Encyclopedia Komisarjevsky in St Petersburg Encyclopedia 1882 births 1954 deaths Theatre people from Moscow Russian theatre directors British theatre directors British opera directors Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States