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The Carriage (opera)

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The Carriage is an opera in one act by composer Vyacheslav Kruglik. The opera uses a Russian libretto by Vera Kupriyanova and the composer which is based upon the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. The opera was commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre along with two other new operas, Svetlana Nesterova's The Lawsuit and Anastasia Bespalova's Shponka and His Aunt, all based on stories by Gogol. The three operas premiered together on 21 June 2009 during the Mariinsky Theatre's summer festival.[1]

Roles

  • General
  • Chertokutsky, a landowner
  • Chertokutsky’s young wife

References

  1. ^ George Loomis (July 2009). "ST. PETERSBURG — The Lawsuit, Shponka and His Aunt, The Carriage (4/1/09), May Night (4/2/09), The Fair at Sorochintsy (4/4/09), Kirov Opera". Opera News. Vol. 74, no. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2009.