Abstract
“Faust” by Ch.-F. Gounod as a debut of a director E. O. Jungwald‑Khilkevych on the Ukrainian National Opera and Ballet Theater stage (1925)
Highlights
When Kharkiv was the capital of Ukraine (1917–1934), many outstanding artistic events were happening there, which have not been studied properly up to this day
Jungwald-Khilkevych graduated from the Kyiv Academy of Music in 1920 and started his career at the Kyiv Opera Theater. He was invited by the administration of the Poltava Opera Theater as a chief director
In 1923, the young director became an assistant to Y. Lapytsky, when the latter was on tours, staging performances in various cities
Summary
We may presume that his work in Poltava enriched him with the experience of independent actions, so important for anyone’s professional progress That why he was invited to Kharkiv as Y. November 4, 1925, was the first night of the performance It provoked a lively discussion among musical critics: the director’s interpretation of Gounod’s opera seemed to be too peculiar. The director only implemented some new ideas as to the interpretation of certain episodes as well as characters’ nature. They concerned, first and foremost, Dr Faust, the hero of the opera. I. Turkeltaub, a famous musical critic of Kharkiv, maintained in his review that the director enriched the performance with new brilliant elements, which significantly broke off the opera routine
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