At the intersection of the fate of King Lear and Leo Tolstoy: about one character in the opera S.M. Slonimsky
Abstract
The article discusses the opera “King Lear”, defined by S. Slonimsky as dramma per musica. Based on the premiere performances in Moscow and St. Petersburg (2016), the composer's score, the author focuses on one of the opera's characters who performs the function of commentary - an old Man who looks like Leo Tolstoy. Like the audience of Shakespeare's Globe Theater, he was introduced to the opera by the composer, who also created the libretto for the opera. The text basis of the replicas of this character were phrases and phrases from L.N. Tolstoy's article “On Shakespeare and Drama”, published in the early twentieth century, as well as from the diaries and drafts of the writer. Using the method of comparative analysis, the author reveals special connections between the fate of the protagonist of the opera King Lear and the events of the life of Leo Tolstoy himself.
About the Authors
L. V. Gavrilova
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lyudmila V. Gavrilova, D. Sc. (Art Criticism), Professor, Head of the Department of Music History
660049, Krasnoyarsk
E. Yu. Meshkova
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena Yu. Meshkova, 2nd year master's student of the Department of Music History
660049, Krasnoyarsk
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For citations:
Gavrilova L.V., Meshkova E.Yu. At the intersection of the fate of King Lear and Leo Tolstoy: about one character in the opera S.M. Slonimsky. ARTE. 2022;(1):5-17. (In Russ.)
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