Russian Opera

Russian opera Russian unique ethnic art music species can usually be traced back to the early 19th century. The performance of the Mikhail · Grinka opera "Life is Tsar (1836)" is often considered a turning point of Russian music (Russian national anthem is taken from this opera). With this historical opera, and the subsequent operas 'Ruslan' and 'Rudmila' (1842), orchestral fantasy film Camarinskaya (1848) and numerous songs, Ginker fuses a typical melody of Russian folk music well It was. Harmony and rhythm, and shape and Italian opera skills - create an eclectic national idiomatic phrase.

The first opera in Russia was the life for the Emperor of Mikhail · Grinka in 1836. Following this, several operas followed in 1842, such as Ruslan and Lyudmila. Russian opera was originally a combination of Russian folk music and Italian opera. After the October Revolution, many opera composers left Russia. The most popular operas in Russia are Boris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, The Golden Cockerel, Prince Igor, The Spa of Spades. Since the late Soviet era, Russia has experienced another wave of Western cultural influence. And it brought about the development of many previously unknown phenomena of Russian culture. The most lively example may be the tradition of the Russian rock music rooted in Western rock and heavy metal and the Russian bird tradition of the Soviet era such as Vladimir Vysotsky or Burt Okjawa. St. Petersburg (former Leningrad), Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk), Omsk became the center of the development of rock music.

The opera company specializes in Russian opera classics such as Boris Godonov of Mussorgsky, Tsar life of Glinka, Tsar Bride of Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky. Opera. In particular there are works by Italian composers such as Rossini, Verdi, Puccini etc. Until the mid-1990s, most foreign operas were sung in Russian, but in recent years Italian and other languages ​​were heard more frequently on the stage in Moscow. The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra itself is an artist ensemble. It occasionally hosts Symphony Concert and produces recordings in theaters and other places. For decades, it has been tour as "Moscow Grand Theater Symphony Orchestra", "Moscow Grand Theater Symphony Orchestra", and recently "Moscow Grand Theater Orchestra".