The Golden Ring (opera)

Music-drama in four acts by Borys Lyatoshynsky

The Golden Ring
Opera by Borys Lyatoshynsky
LibrettistJacob Mamontov [uk]
LanguageUkrainian
Based onshort story by Ivan Franko
Premiere
26 March 1930 (1930-03-26)
Odessa

The Golden Ring (Ukrainian: Золотий обруч, romanized: Zolotyy obruch), also called Zachar Berkut, is an opera in four acts and nine scenes by the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky. The libretto was written by the poet Jacob Mamontov [uk], and was based on Zachar Berkut, a short story by the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. The work was premiered in Odessa on 26 March 1930. Written in 1929, it was the earliest music-drama in Ukrainian.[1]

References

Sources

  • Baley, Virko (2001). "Lyatoshyns′ky, Borys Mykolayovych". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

Further reading

  • Baley, Virko (2002). "Zolotyy obruch ('The Golden Ring')". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  • Izvarina, Elena (2016). "Опера "Золотий Обруч" Б. Лятошинського В Контексті Універсалій Культури: Зміна Смислів Інтерпретації" [B. Lyatoshynsky's opera ‘’The Golden Ring’’ in the context of the universals of culture: changing the meanings of interpretation] (PDF). The Culturology Ideas (in Ukrainian and English) (9): 123–127. ISSN 2311-9489.
  • Myroslava’s aria– score and parts from Lviv National Opera
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Borys Lyatoshynsky
Operas
  • The Golden Ring (1929)
  • Shchors (1938)
Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 1 (1919)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1936)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1951)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1963)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1956/1966)
Other
  • Suite from The Golden Ring (1928)
  • Suite from Taras Shevchenko (1951)
  • Suite from Romeo and Juliet (1956)
  • Polish Suite (1960)
  • Slavonic Suite (1968)


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