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Elena B. Dolinskaya – Doctor of Art, Professor of the Department of the History of Russian Music at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize in Culture, laureate of the Moscow City Prize in Literature and Art, member of the Union of Composers.
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russia, s.e.dolinskiy@gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0001-7936-3063
Abstract
The article deals with the opera legend (opera-cantata) by S. N. Vasilenko "The Legend of the Great Kitezh and the quite Svetoyar Lake". It premiered on March 22, 1903 at the Solodovniki Theater but was in the repertoire of the theatre for a short time.
As the 2023 premiere of the opera showed, Vasilenko's forgotten work is worthy of attention, attracts interest and enriches the scope of currently revived Russian operas of historical value. Describing «Kitezh» music, the author of the article stresses the need to study the legacy of S. N. Vasilenko, the author of numerous works of various genres, as well as the work of other major masters, including M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, R. M. Glier, Yu. A. Shaporin.
As the 2023 premiere of the opera showed, Vasilenko's forgotten work is worthy of attention, attracts interest and enriches the scope of currently revived Russian operas of historical value. Describing «Kitezh» music, the author of the article stresses the need to study the legacy of S. N. Vasilenko, the author of numerous works of various genres, as well as the work of other major masters, including M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, R. M. Glier, Yu. A. Shaporin.
Keywords
S. N. Vasilenko, his opera " The Legend of the Great Kitezh and the quite Svetoyar Lake ", the revival of forgotten works by Russian composers
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- S. Taneev. Dnevniki. V trekh knigakh. Kniga vtoraya / Tekstolog. red. i komm. L. Z. Korabel'nikovoy. 1899–1902 [The diaries. In three books. Book two / Textual editor and commentator L. Z. Korabelnikova. 1899-1902]. Moscow, 1982. 430 p.
Received: 15.11.2023
Accepted: 01.12.2023
Issue №1(1) December 2023
Pages
10-17
10-17
