COMPOSER ANTONIO SPADAVECCHIA: LIFE AND CREATIVITY
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Information about authors: Kiryanova Darya Aleksandrovna, Instructor of Musical Theoretical Disciplines, Kaliningrad Regional Musical College named after S.V. Rachmaninov (Kaliningrad, Russian Federation). E-mail: odincova_darya@ mail.ru
Annotation: The article deals with the personality and work of the Soviet composer of Italian origin. Antonio Spadavecchia is the author of many works for the musical theater, music for movies and chamber-instrumental compositions. The works of A. Spadavecchia, who left an impressive musical legacy, now practically are not performed. The article presents information from the biography, memories of the spouse and relatives, characterises the composer’s opera creativity. One of the earliest experiments in the field of the opera genre A. Spadavecchia was the Opera “Akbuzat” in three acts with prologue, which was written in 1942 in Ufa based on the same Bashkir epic together with student of the Bashkir Studio at The Moscow Conservatory H. Zaimov on the libretto by S. Miftakhov. In 1948, “The Landlady” was written, the opera on the comedy of C. Goldoni, which continued lyric-comic line “Betrothal in a Monastery” by S. Prokofiev. In 1974, Spadavecchia turned to the genre of monodrama, as the author of nine large opera scores. In the chamber opera, he sought a way out of a circle of monumental themes. The composer wrote libretto of the opera based on the novel by S. Zweig “The Strange Lady’s Letter.” The most famous was the opera “Gadfly” in the four day effects, seven scenes. The libretto was based on the eponymous revolutionary novel by British writer E.L. Voynich, dedicated to the activities of the underground revolutionary organization “Young Italy” in the first half of the 19th century and, in particular, the history of young revolutionary Arthur Burton.
Keywords: Antonio Spadavecchia, music for movies, “Zolushka,” Soviet opera, Sergei Prokofiev.
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Information about authors: Kiryanova Darya Aleksandrovna, Instructor of Musical Theoretical Disciplines, Kaliningrad Regional Musical College named after S.V. Rachmaninov (Kaliningrad, Russian Federation). E-mail: odincova_darya@ mail.ru
Annotation: The article deals with the personality and work of the Soviet composer of Italian origin. Antonio Spadavecchia is the author of many works for the musical theater, music for movies and chamber-instrumental compositions. The works of A. Spadavecchia, who left an impressive musical legacy, now practically are not performed. The article presents information from the biography, memories of the spouse and relatives, characterises the composer’s opera creativity. One of the earliest experiments in the field of the opera genre A. Spadavecchia was the Opera “Akbuzat” in three acts with prologue, which was written in 1942 in Ufa based on the same Bashkir epic together with student of the Bashkir Studio at The Moscow Conservatory H. Zaimov on the libretto by S. Miftakhov. In 1948, “The Landlady” was written, the opera on the comedy of C. Goldoni, which continued lyric-comic line “Betrothal in a Monastery” by S. Prokofiev. In 1974, Spadavecchia turned to the genre of monodrama, as the author of nine large opera scores. In the chamber opera, he sought a way out of a circle of monumental themes. The composer wrote libretto of the opera based on the novel by S. Zweig “The Strange Lady’s Letter.” The most famous was the opera “Gadfly” in the four day effects, seven scenes. The libretto was based on the eponymous revolutionary novel by British writer E.L. Voynich, dedicated to the activities of the underground revolutionary organization “Young Italy” in the first half of the 19th century and, in particular, the history of young revolutionary Arthur Burton.
Keywords: Antonio Spadavecchia, music for movies, “Zolushka,” Soviet opera, Sergei Prokofiev.
