L. N. Tolstoy Childhood August 12, 18 ** ten years old Nikolenka Irtenev wakes up on the third day after her birthday at seven o’clock in the morning. After the morning toilet, the teacher Karl Ivanych leads Nicholas and his brother Volodya to greet the mother who pours tea in the living room, and with … Read more
The play takes place in Madrid. Don Juan Alvarado flew to the capital from his native Burgos for a date with the bride. The young nobleman did not stop even the family’s misfortune: on his return from Flanders, don Juan learned that his older brother was insidiously killed, and Lucredia’s dishonored sister disappeared without knowing … Read more
The action takes place in the distant future on one of the habitable planets, the level of development of civilization which corresponds to the earthly Middle Ages. This civilization is observed by envoys from the Earth – employees of the Institute of Experimental History. Their activities on the planet are limited by the scope of … Read more
The play takes place in Tambov: the first three paintings – in 1929, the remaining six paintings – in 1979. Former worker, former party member Ivan Prisypkin, who renamed himself for euphony in Pierre Skripkin, is going to marry Elzevir Davidovna Renaissance – a hairdresser’s daughter, a cashier of a hairdresser and a manicurist. With … Read more
ORLEAN VIRGIN Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by PI Tchaikovsky on Schiller and Zhukovsky with a reduction of many poems Characters: Charles VII, King Archbishop Dunois, French Knight Lionel, the Burgundian knight Thibault d’Arc, Father John Raymond, her fiancé Bertrand, peasant Warrior John of Arc Agnesea Sorel The voice of the solo in … Read more
The novel takes place in 1915-1918. on the Italian-Austrian front. American Frederick Henry is a lieutenant of the Italian Army’s sanitary troops. Before the offensive in the town of Plavna, where the sanitary units are located, there is a lull. Officers spend time who knows how – drink, play billiards, go to a brothel and … Read more
HER PARTNER Opera in three acts Libretto by L. Janáček after the play by G. Preissova Characters: Grandmother of Buryatia, mistress of the mill Contralto Tenor Tenor Soprano Soprano Bass Bass Mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo soprano Laca Klemen Stevia Buryatia } Consolidated brothers, her grandchildren Dyachikha, (the church watchman), widow, … Read more
O. de Balzac Shuans, or Brittany in 1799 At the beginning of the Vandemater (late September in the normal calendar), a crowd of recruits came from Fougères to Mayenne. Four years ago these places were covered by the royalist rebellion, and Fougeres was always considered one of the most dangerous of its foci. That’s why … Read more
DI Fonvizin Brigadier Characters The foreman; Ivanushka, his son; The brigade leader; Adviser; The counselor, his wife; Sophia, the daughter of a councilor; Dobrolyubov, the lover of Sophia; The servant is a counselor. The action takes place in the village of the adviser, to which, when driving from St. Petersburg home, the brigadier drove with … Read more
Euripides Alcestas This is a tragedy with a happy ending. At the dramatic competitions in Athens there was a custom: every poet represented a “trilogy”, three tragedies, sometimes even picking up each other on topics (like Aeschylus), and after them, to discharge a gloomy mood – “satire drama,” where the characters and action were also … Read more