The Thorny Rose is an opera by composer Y. V. Semyanyaka, with a libretto by A. Bachyla, first performed in 1960 under the direction of conductor Valery Dmitrievich Ruter [ru; Valery D. Ruter]. It was the first national comic opera.Culture
Description
The Thorny Rose was the first opera in Belarus to focus on a contemporary plot, about students, their friendships, love, disappointments, and hopes.Semyanyako Yury Vladimirovich The opera showcased the composer's melodic gift and accuracy of musical characterization.
Cast
Lavon Burak – A. M. Savchenko Svyatlana – T. I. Shymko (the first performer),Shymko T. I. I. S. ShikunovaShikunova Irina Semyonovna Malvina – L. I. Galushkina Andrey – V. I. Glushakov (the first performer)Glushakov V. I. Irina – T. M. Nizhnikova (the first performer), L. I. ZlatovaZlatova L. I. Ragneda Yanovna – S. Y. Drucker Taras – V. M. ChernobayevChernobayev V. M.
Reception
T. M. Nizhnikova played the role of Irina with great energy. The part was specifically written for her, and in some ways, even modeled on the character of the singer, who never "complained" but acted, inspiring the others with her energy.
The magazine "Soviet Music" noted:
S. Drucker's portrayal of Ragneda Yanovna was the pinnacle of her comedic talent: a woman with a narrow-minded, bourgeois outlook, inventive and uncompromising when it came to "family interests."
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