Abstract
The article aims at a comparative analysis of Nikolai Leskov’s novelette “The Enchanted Wanderer” and the libretto of Rodion Shchedrin’s opera of the same title. One of the main techniques for creating the libretto is blending together various texts: the literary source, religious-sacred and folk texts. Several dramaturgical elements stand out in the opera: the theme of spiritual search, formed on the basis of the texts of sacred chants, the theme of lyrical love (based on folk texts) and the theme of temptation (the text of the primary source). Two planes show themselves in the libretto: the outer (the outline of events) and the inner, appearing as a reaction to the events and connected with the theme of spiritual search. The poly-genre and multi-plot aspects characteristic for Leskov’s novelette ind their relection in Shchedrin’s libretto, which combines features of epic opera and dramatic opera. Keywords: Rodion Shchedrin, Nikolai Leskov, the opera “Enchanted Wanderer,” libretto, blending together, epic opera, opera-drama
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