Rich people of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities come to the concert in honor of the opening of the newly built palace, unprecedented in the number of world famous celebrities participating in it. Engineer Mc Allan and his wife Maude occupy the box of their friend Hobby, the builder of the palace, Allan, … Read more
Venetian merchant Antonio is in sorrow. His friends, Salanio and Salarino, explain his anxiety with unhappy love or because of the ships with the goods. But Antonio does not agree with these explanations. With the help of Lorenzo and Graziano comes a relative and close friend of Antonio – Bassanio. Salanio and Salarino leave. Graziano … Read more
The book consists of two parts. Some of the stories tell of Mowgli, about his life in the jungle among wild animals. At the age of two, the little son of a lumberjack is lost in the jungle. Behind him, the lame tiger Sher-Khan is scampering and wants to make him his prey. The child … Read more
A. V. Vampilov Duck Hunting The action takes place in a provincial town. Victor Alexandrovich Zilov wakes up a phone call. With difficulty waking up, he picks up the phone, but there is silence. He slowly gets up, touching his jaw, opens the window, it’s raining outside. Zilov drinks beer and with a bottle in … Read more
J.-A. A. Bernardin Paul and Virginia In the foreword the author writes that he set himself great goals in this small work. He tried to describe in it the soil and vegetation, not similar to the European ones. Writers too long sat their lovers on the banks of streams under the shadow of beeches, and … Read more
VERTER Lyrical drama in four acts (five scenes) Libretto by E. Blot, P. Mille and G. Hartmann Characters: Werther Albert Judge Tenor Baritone Baritone or bass Tenor Baritone or bass Baritone Mezzo soprano Soprano Mezzo soprano Baby voices soprano Without speeches Schmidt Johann } Friends of the judge Brühlmann, young man Charlotte, the daughter of … Read more
SEVILSKY COLLECTION Opera in three acts (four scenes) Libretto by C. Sterbini Characters: Almaviva, Count Bartolo, MD, Rosina’s guardian Rosina, his pupil Figaro, barber Don Basilio, music teacher of Rosina Fiorello, servant of the count Tenor Bass Soprano Baritone Bass Baritone Bass Mezzo soprano Ambrogio Bertha } Servants of Bartolo Officer, alcade, notary, algvazili, soldiers … Read more
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War, in 1942 in the territory of occupied Byelorussia. “Punishers” is a bloody chronicle of the destruction by the battalion of Hitler’s punitive Dirlewanger of seven peaceful villages. The chapters are appropriately named: “First Settlement”, “Second Village”, “Between the Third and Fourth Villages”, etc. Each chapter contains … Read more
John Le Carré Spy, come from the cold The action takes place in the sixties, during the Cold War, when espionage was one of the main means of fighting between the two hostile political systems. The head of the British residency in East Berlin Alec Limas, after the death of one of his main agents, … Read more
Claude Lantier, an artist, hanged himself in his studio before the unfinished painting in November 1870. His wife, Christina, posing for this picture and painfully jealous of her, lost her mind from grief. Claude lived in complete poverty. He left nothing but a few sketches: the last and the main picture, a failed masterpiece, was … Read more