Anyuta

Anyuta

Anyuta ( _ru. Аню́та) is a one-act comic opera to a libretto by Mikhail Popov. This is one of the first operas written in the Russian language .

The collection of Popov's poems, translations and plays called "Dosugi" ("Досуги" – "Lesure Hours") was published at the request of Empress Catherine II. This collection also contained the libretto to the opera "Anyuta".

The music hasn’t survived and the composer is unknown, however it has sometimes been attributed to Vasily Pashkevich or even to Yevstigney Fomin although at that time he was just 11 year old. It is known that the music was a selection of popular songs as specified in the libretto.

Performance history

The premiere took place at the Chinese Theatre, Tsarskoye Selo, on September 6 [OS August 26] 1772. It was one of the most successful.

Plot

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.

Bibliography

Polovtsev, A.A. "Russian Biographical Dictionary" ("Русский биографический словарь" А.А.Половцова) published 1896-1918, (see the link below)

External links

* [http://www.rulex.ru/01160466.htm Popov's biography 1]
* [http://www.poesis.ru/poeti-poezia/popovm/biograph.htm Popov's biography 2]
* [http://www.vor.ru/English/treasures/Treasures_5.html Russian Comic Opera]
* [http://www.rulex.ru/xPol/index.htm "Russian Biographical Dictionary"]


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