On a hot summer day, Yermolay and I returned from the hunt for a cart. Having stopped in the thick undergrowth of bushes, we decided to hunt for grouse. After the first shot, the driver approached us and asked what right I was hunting here. Looking at it, I realized that I had never seen … Read more
On the day of Borisov, the weddings of the boyar throne are calculated by the fruits of his rule: both the suppressed morrow, the completed wars, and the harvests. They marvel at how long it took Godunov to persuade him to take power, and only the threat of excommunication from his church forced him to … Read more
A happy courtesan, or a story of life and all the vicissitudes of Mademoiselle de Belo’s fate, later called the Countess de Vintelselsheim of Germany, she is a person known in the time of Charles II under the name of Lady Roxanne – Roman The heroine, so magnificently represented on the title, was actually called … Read more
On a cold November evening in 1851, Khadzhi-Murat, the famous naib of Imam Shamil, drives into the uninhabited Chechen aul Mahket. A Chechen Sado receives a guest in his sakle, despite Shamil’s recent order to detain or kill the rebellious Naib. On the same night, three soldiers from the Russian fortress of Vozdvizhenskaya, fifteen versts … Read more
In the winter forest the wolf talks with a crow, the squirrels play with a hare in the burners. They are seen by the stepdaughter, who came to the forest for brushwood and firewood. The stepdaughter meets the Soldier in the forest, tells him about the game of animals. He explains that every miracle happens … Read more
One day, King Charlemagne feasted with his valiant knights. The table was full of food, the guests were cheerful, but suddenly the owner of the feast said that the fun should be postponed: We must accomplish a difficult feat. It’s good to have fun with us, When Artusov is still a miracle Has the mascot … Read more
DUENJA (ORDER IN THE MONASTERY) Lyrical comic opera in four acts (nine scenes) Libretto by S. Prokofiev Characters: Don Jerome, a nobleman of Seville Tenor Ferdinand Louise } His children Baritone Soprano Duenna at Louise Antonio Clara, Louise’s girlfriend Mendoza, a wealthy fishmonger Don Carlos, an impoverished nobleman, Mendoza’s friend Father Augustine, rector Monasteries Contralto … Read more
The childhood of Esther Summerston takes place in Windsor, in the house of her godmother, Miss Barberi. The girl feels lonely and often sentences, addressing her best friend, a ruddy doll: “You know perfectly well, doll, that I’m stupid, so be kind, do not be angry with me.” Esther seeks to learn the secret of … Read more
Sashka Yermolayev was offended. On Saturday morning, he gathered empty bottles of milk and said to his little daughter: “Masha, will you come with me?” – “Where? The gas shop?” – the girl was delighted. “And buy fish,” – ordered his wife. Sasha and her daughter went to the store. We bought milk, butter, went … Read more
A. A. Block Stranger Street zucchini, vulgar and cheap, but with a claim to romance: huge identical ships are floating on the wallpaper… A light raid of unreality: the master and the sexual are alike, like twins, one of the visitors is “spitting Verlaine,” the other is “poured out” Hauptmann. ” Drunken companies, loud noise. … Read more