N. S. Leskov Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk district Katerina Lvovna, “outwardly a very pleasant woman”, lives in the prosperous house of the merchant Izmailova with the widowed father-in-law Boris Timofeevich and the elderly husband Zinovy Borisovich. There are no children for Katerina Lvovna, and “with all the contentment” her life “for an unskilful husband” is … Read more
Maksim Gorky At the bottom Action first Basement, similar to a cave. The ceiling is heavy, with plaster falling down. Light from the audience. On the right behind the fence there is the ash room, near the Bubnov’s bunk, in the corner there is a large Russian stove, opposite the door to the kitchen where … Read more
Emile Zola (Fr. Émile Zola, April 2, 1840, Paris – September 29, 1902, ibid.) Is a French writer. One of the most significant representatives of realism in the second half of the nineteenth century, the leader and theorist of the so-called naturalistic movement, Zola stood at the center of the literary life of France during … Read more
It’s not the first month that the landowner Pyotr Konstantinovich Muromsky, having entrusted the village economy to the manager, lives with his daughter Lidochka and her elderly aunt Anna Antonova Atueva in Moscow. He has extensive land in the Yaroslavl province and as many as 1,500 serfs – a serious state. Of course, the twenty-year-old … Read more
The hero of the novel Lucius (by chance coincidence with the author’s name?) Travels through Thessaly. On the way, he hears fascinating and terrible stories about sorcerous charms, transformations and other witches’ tricks. Lucius arrives in the Thessalian city of Hypatos and stops at the house of a certain Milo who is “full of money, … Read more
THE ABDUCTION OF THE SERAL Opera in three acts Libretto by G. Stefani Characters: Constanta Blondhen Belmont Pedrillo Osmin Selim Pasha Soprano Soprano Tenor Tenor Bass Speaking role Janissaries, concubines, slaves. Location: Turkey. HISTORY OF CREATION Five years before the work on “Abduction from the Seraglio” Mozart dreamed of a national Austrian musical theater that … Read more
Thomas Hardy Tess of the genus d’Herberville The deaf English province of the end of the last century. In the valley of Blackmore (or Blackmoor) there is a family of the driver Jack Durbeyfilda. One evening, on the evening of May, the head of the family meets a priest who, when answering the greeting, calls … Read more
AN Tolstoy Peter the First By the end of the XVII century. After the death of Emperor Fyodor Alekseevich, a struggle for power begins in Russia. Rebellion streltsy, instigated by the princess Sophia and her lover, ambitious prince Vasily Golitsyn. There were two tsars in Moscow-the youngest Ivan Alekseevich and Pyotr Alekseyevich, and above them … Read more
It happened before the war, either at the end of May or at the beginning of June 1941. The postman Nyurka Belyashev from the village of Krasnoye, peeling potatoes in the vegetable garden, glanced at the sky – will there be a dinner soon? – and saw a huge black bird falling directly on her. … Read more
The year 1833 of the 19th century was the year of the publication of Pushkin’s little novel Dubrovsky, created by the author on the basis of a real story by VP Nashchokin. Many consider the work to be an unfinished novel, which reflected the characteristic features of landlord Russia. Below you can see the description … Read more