Development of Students’ Multiculturalism on the Basis of Understanding Works of the Opera Genre with Variety of National Colorites

Abstract

The article reveals the relevance of the development of the basics of multiculturalism among schoolchildren as a tool for overcoming the large-scale crisis associated with modern spiritual and moral problems and the education of Russian citizens. The paper considers the development of understanding of musical works as one of the possible ways to the formation of spiritual and moral principles and multiculturalism among the younger generation by the example of images of foreign guests in N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Sadko", which is included in all general education programs of the subject "Music".