THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAIRY TALE GENRE IN THE OPERA “THE SNOW BOGATYR” BY C.A. CUI
Abstract
The history of the genre of children’s opera in Russia is one of the topical topics of modern domestic music. At the same time, many works by composers who made the most important contribution to the formation and development of the genre in the first decades of the 20th century have not yet received a detailed understanding in scientific literature. This article is devoted to the unexplored children’s opera-fairy tale by C.A. Cui “The Snow Bogatyr” (1905), which represents the genre in the composer’s work. The authors of the work focus on thelibretto and composition of “The Snow Bogatyr”, considered in relation to the structural-genre patterns of the tale. As the study showed, thelibretto of the opera, created by M.S. Paul, demonstrates a collaboration of different plot and figurative-semantic motifs that create rich intertextual connections with the world fund of fairy tales, epics, legends, traditions; in the plot-compositional logic of “The Snow Bogatyr”, a model of a fairy tale is consistently implemented.
About the Authors
M. V. Kholodova
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria V. Kholodova, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Docent
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
S. S. Ershov
Children’s Music School No. 1
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey S. Ershov, teacher
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
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Kholodova M.V., Ershov S.S. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAIRY TALE GENRE IN THE OPERA “THE SNOW BOGATYR” BY C.A. CUI. ARTE. 2023;(2):33-44. (In Russ.)
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