Choral dramaturgy of the opera «The Way of Taras» by O. Rudianskyi: symbolism of chronotope

N.A Bielik-Zolotariova

doi:10.34064/khnum2-18.02

Abstract

Choral dramaturgy of the opera «The Way of Taras» by O. Rudianskyi: symbolism of chronotope

Highlights

The last quarter of the 20th century – the beginning of the 21st century, marked in Ukraine by significant social changes, actualized the necessity to turn to eternal spiritual values of national culture, among which Taras Shevchenko’s creativity takes leading positions
Choral scenes are peculiarly organized in the time‐space of the opera, gaining symbolic meaning
The disclosure of this symbolism becomes the key to understanding in the modern context of the historical role of T

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Introduction

The last quarter of the 20th century – the beginning of the 21st century, marked in Ukraine by significant social changes, actualized the necessity to turn to eternal spiritual values of national culture, among which Taras Shevchenko’s creativity takes leading positions. During this time, a number of works appeared in Ukrainian musical and stage art that supplemented the domestic “Shevchenkiana” (a total of the works devoted to Shevchenko): the operas by O. Choral scenes are peculiarly organized in the time‐space of the opera, gaining symbolic meaning The disclosure of this symbolism becomes the key to understanding in the modern context of the historical role of T.

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