About the Special Features of Interpretation of the Literary Source of Rodion Shchedrin’s Opera “The Enchanted Wanderer”

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Marina N. Kovalyova

Abstract

The article aims at a comparative analysis of Nikolai Leskov’s
novelette “The Enchanted Wanderer” and the libretto of Rodion
Shchedrin’s opera of the same title. One of the main techniques
for creating the libretto is blending together various texts:
the literary source, religious-sacred and folk texts. Several
dramaturgical elements stand out in the opera: the theme of
spiritual search, formed on the basis of the texts of sacred
chants, the theme of lyrical love (based on folk texts) and
the theme of temptation (the text of the primary source). Two
planes show themselves in the libretto: the outer (the outline of
events) and the inner, appearing as a reaction to the events and
connected with the theme of spiritual search. The poly-genre
and multi-plot aspects characteristic for Leskov’s novelette ind
their relection in Shchedrin’s libretto, which combines features
of epic opera and dramatic opera.

Keywords: Rodion Shchedrin, Nikolai Leskov, the opera
“Enchanted Wanderer,” libretto, blending together, epic opera,
opera-drama

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How to Cite
Kovalyova, M. N. (2015). About the Special Features of Interpretation of the Literary Source of Rodion Shchedrin’s Opera “The Enchanted Wanderer”. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (1), 126–130. https://doi.org/10.17674/1997-0854.2015.1.18.126-130
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Artistic World of Musical Piece
Author Biography

Marina N. Kovalyova, Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov

Post-graduate student at the Music Theory Department

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