Oscar Wilde How important it is to be serious The action of comedy takes place in the London apartment of the young gentleman Algernon Moncrief, a descendant of an aristocratic family, and at the estate of his crony friend Jack Warding in Woolton, Hertfordshire. Bored Algernon, waiting for his aunt Lady Bracknell to tea with … Read more
DALIBOR Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by J. Wenzig Characters: Vladislav, King of the Czech Republic Dalibor Budivoj, the chief of the guard Judge Benesh, the jailer Vitek, squire of Dalibor Milada, the sister of the murdered burgrave Yitka, a village girl, Dalibor’s pupil Bass Tenor Baritone Bass Bass Tenor Mezzo soprano Soprano … Read more
AA Milne Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all Winnie the Pooh is a teddy bear, a great friend of Christopher Robin. With him there are a variety of stories. One day, going out into the clearing, Winnie the Pooh sees a tall oak tree, at the top of which something is buzzing: zhzhzhzhzhzhzh! In vain no … Read more
After the death, the artist Charles Strickland was recognized as a genius, and, as is usually the case, anyone who saw him at least once, hastens to write memoirs and interpret his work. Some make a good-natured family man from Strickland, a caring husband and father, others mold a portrait of an immoral monster, not … Read more
In the center of the drama is the Battle of Ferbelina, which in many ways determined the fate of Germany. Prince Friedrich Arthur of Hamburg, a general from the cavalry, sits under a tree in the garden of the castle in a sleepy sleep and wreathes a laurel wreath. Elector of Bradenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm; Elector, … Read more
In the Darling family there are three children-pogodkov. The older one is Wendy, then John goes, and then Michael. They have an unusual nanny – a big black diver dog named Nana. One evening, going into the bedroom to the children who were already in bed, Mrs. Darling sees a boy coming into the window, … Read more
Khovanshchina A folk musical drama in five acts (six scenes) Libretto by M. P. Mussorgsky Characters: Prince Ivan Khovansky, Chief of the Streltsy Prince Andrew Khovansky, his son Prince Vasily Golitsyn Dositheus, the head of the schismatics Boyarin Shaklovity Martha, schismatrix Susanna, the old schismatics Sublime Emma, a girl from the German settlement Pastor Varsonofiev, … Read more
Early December evening in 1793 The horses slowly pull up the big sledges. In the sledge, father and daughter are Judge Marmaduke Temple and Miss Elizabeth. The judge is one of the first settlers; one of those thanks to which this newly wilderness has changed. There were churches, roads, schools. Around the prosperous villages – … Read more
At the age of thirty-five, the night of Good Friday 1300, Dante is lost in a dark forest and very frightened by it. He sees the sun-drenched mountains and tries to climb them, but the leopard, the lion and the wolf prevent it. Dante is forced to return to the forest. There he meets the … Read more
Bylina about Avdotya Ryazanochka reflected a concrete historical event: the merciless destruction of Ryazan in 1237 by Khan Baty. The raids of strangers to Rus continued even after liberation from the Mongol-Tatar yoke, therefore Batu Khan was named in the epic by Bakhmet the Turkish. Left alone in the ruined enemy of Ryazan, Avdotya Ryazanochka, … Read more