BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKY
Opera in four acts
Libretto by VL Vasilevskaya and AE Korneichuk
Characters:
Hetman of Ukraine Bogdan Khmelnitsky Ambassador of Great Russia Colonel Krivonos Colonel Bohun Colonel Ganja Varvara Solomy Gehlen Diak Gavrila Tour Niva Zhurba Lisogub Koshevoy Casing Shaitan Ataman of the Don Cossacks The centurion 1st fugitive 2nd fugitive Pototsky Kalinowski Lentovsky Commandant | Baritone Bass Bass Tenor Bass Soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano Bass Bass Baritone Tenor Tenor Bass Tenor Baritone Bass Tenor Bass Tenor Bass Tenor Tenor Bass |
Colonels, centurions, Cossacks, villagers – men, women and children, philistines, clergy, kobzars, Don Cossacks.
Location: Ukraine.
Time: the middle of the XVII century, the fourth act – January 8, 1654.