TRISTAN AND IZOLD Stage action in three acts R. Wagner’s libretto Characters: Tristan Mark, the King of Cornwall, his uncle Kurvenal, servant of Tristan Melot, the court of King Mark Isolde, the Irish Princess Brangena, her maid A young sailor Shepherd Helmsman Tenor Bass Baritone Tenor Soprano Soprano Tenor Tenor Baritone Sailors, knights and squires. … Read more
On a fine July day I hunted for black grouses in the Chern district of the Tula province. It was already evening when I decided to return home. I climbed the hill and instead of the familiar places I saw a narrow valley, opposite the wall a towering aspen rose. I went along the aspen … Read more
This is a tragedy with a happy ending. In the dramatic competitions in Athens there was a custom: every poet represented a “trilogy”, three tragedies, sometimes even catching up on each other on topics, and after them, to discharge a gloomy mood – “satire drama,” where heroes and action were also myths, but the choir … Read more
A. Moravia The indifferent Italy, the twenties of the XX century. Three days from the life of five people: an elderly lady, Mariagratsii, mistress of the declining villa, her children, Michele and Carla, Leo, the longtime lover of Mariagratsia, Lisa, her friend. Conversations, meetings, thoughts… Of all the five, Leo alone is content with life … Read more
A small German town in the 18th century. The basis of Goethe’s novel is Werther’s letters to his friend Wilhelm and additions to the letters “From the publisher to the reader”. The letters describe the events of Werther’s life, a young intelligent and modest man, who is fond of art. Settling in this town, he … Read more
In a certain village of Lamanchsky, there lived one hidalgo, whose property was in a family spear, an ancient shield, a skinny nag and a greyhound dog. His name was not either Kehan, or Quesada, as if unknown, and it did not matter. He was about fifty years old, his body was lean, his face … Read more
A. P. Chekhov The Man in a Case Late 19th Century Countryside in Russia. Mironositskoe village. The veterinarian Ivan Ivanovich Chimsh-Himalayan and the teacher of the grammar school of Burkin, after having spent the whole day, are staying for the night in the barn of the village elder. Burkin tells Ivan Ivanych the story of … Read more
1807 year. Residents of a small Bosnian town of Travnik, located on the outskirts of the Turkish empire, are concerned that soon in their city, to which only the obscure echoes of world events were previously heard, two consulates will open – first French and then Austrian, as it became known that Bonaparte already enlisted … Read more
A small introduction Ten years, from 1899 to 1999, LN Tolstoy wrote his novel “Resurrection”. Three times he started it, wrote, copied it, set it aside. And it was accepted again. And, even, having given the manuscript to the press, literally on the eve of the exit, something was corrected, rewritten, carried away, wrote again. … Read more
1 The author says that past epochs have passed that the genres of “epics” and “epics” are over. The author approves a new style, “telegraphic”. Telegram / flight / stanza! Inflamed lip / fall / and drink From the river / by name – / “Fact”. The author says that his goal was to create … Read more