Anyuta
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Anyuta(Russian:Аню́та) is a one-act comicoperato alibrettobyMikhail Popov.First performed in 1772, it was one of the first operas written in theRussian language.
The collection of Popov's poems, translations and plays calledDosugi(Досуги–Leisure Hours) was published at the request of EmpressCatherine II.This collection also contained the libretto to the operaAnyuta.
The music hasn't survived and its composer is not known, however it has sometimes been attributed toVasily Pashkevichor even toYevstigney Fominalthough at that time he was just 11 years old. It is known that the music was a selection of popular songs as specified in the libretto.
Performance history
[edit]The premiere took place at theChinese Theatre, Tsarskoye Selo,on September 6 [OS August 26] 1772. It was one of the most successful.[clarification needed]
Plot
[edit]It is a story about a girl called Anyuta, brought up in a peasants' household, who turned out to be of noble birth, eventually marrying her nobleman beloved, Victor, to the sound of wedding bells.
Sources
[edit]- Leach, Robert and Borovsky, Victor,A History of Russian Theatre,Cambridge University Press, 1999, p. 72.ISBN0-521-43220-0
- Polovtsev, A.A.Russian Biographical Dictionary(Русский биографический словарьА.А.Половцова) published 1896–1918.
- Seaman, Gerald R.,"Russian opera before Glinka",Russia: Essays in History and Literature,Lyman Howard (ed.), Brill Archive, 1972, pp. 62–63.