Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Image of Chatsky in the Opera “Woe from Wit” by G.I. Banshchikov

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Image of Chatsky in the Opera “Woe from Wit” by G.I. Banshchikov

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2016 9 (8)
Authors: Kholodova, Maria V.
Contact information: Kholodova, Maria V.:Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords: G.I. Banshchikov; domestic musical theater; classical Russian literature; opera
Abstract: Gennady Ivanovich Banshchikov is one of the greatest composers of our time. The article presents some results of the study of the musical-theatrical legacy of G.I. Banshchikov. The author focuses his attention on the composer’s opera created on the plot of the famous comedy by A.S. Griboyedov. The mastery of the author-playwright, unfolding the artistic and semantic contexts of a literary source by musical means, is demonstrated through analyzing the image of the work’s main character – Chatsky
Pages: 1799-1811
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/20530