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Office career has not carried away the count. Though it was registered on the executive director of the Moscow bank of noble family, became the senator and the ober-chamberlain, its soul belonged to theatre. Nikolay Petrovicha it was often possible to see in an orchestra, where; he among the serf musicians as well as the prince A. Trubetsky and count A.Stroganov played a violoncello. N. P.Sheremetev became the outstanding violoncellist-fan of time and has become history of musical art.

In 1795 in theatre Sheremetevyh have staged a patriotic opera ' the Capture of Izmail ' (the Turkish fortress Izmail has fallen 1792) on the libretto of the participant of storm of a fortress of Paul Potyomkin with music of popular composer Osipa Antonovicha Kozlovsky. Serf actors with ardent desire undertook party learning. In this opera it was told about events which were at all on lips. Kozlovsky was known for the stately polonaises. It ' a victory Thunder be distributed ' became an official Russian hymn. At performance in sheremetevskom theatre there could be participants of storm - living in Moscow suvorovskie officers.