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Vakula the Smith, the Glossary

Index Vakula the Smith

Vakula the Smith (Smith Vakula.), Op.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Alexander Serov, Bass (voice type), César Cui, Cherevichki, Christmas Eve (Gogol), Christmas Eve (opera), Eduard Nápravník, Fyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky, Fyodor Stravinsky, Ivan Melnikov (baritone), Kharkiv, Libretto, List of Christmas operas, Mariinsky Theatre, Mezzo-soprano, Mykola Lysenko, Nikolai Gogol, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Opus number, Osip Petrov, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Soprano, Tenor, Ukraine, Yakov Polonsky, Zaporozhian Cossacks.

  2. 1874 operas
  3. Christmas operas
  4. Operas based on works by Nikolai Gogol
  5. Operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  6. Operas set in Ukraine
  7. Works based on Christmas Eve (Gogol)

Alexander Serov

Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, &ndash) was a Russian composer and music critic.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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César Cui

César Antonovich Cui (Tsezar Antonovich Kyui;; Cesarius Benjaminus Cui; 26 March 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five – a group of composers combined by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music.

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Cherevichki

Cherevichki (Черевички, Черевички, Cherevichki, Čerevički, The Slippers; alternative renderings are The Little Shoes, The Tsarina's Slippers, The Empress's Slippers, The Golden Slippers, The Little Slippers, Les caprices d'Oxane, and Gli stivaletti) is a comic-fantastic opera in 4 acts, 8 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Vakula the Smith and Cherevichki are Christmas operas, operas based on works by Nikolai Gogol, operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, operas set in Ukraine, Russian-language operas and works based on Christmas Eve (Gogol).

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Christmas Eve (Gogol)

"Christmas Eve" (Ночь пе́ред Рождество́м, Noch pered Rozhdestvom, Ніч перед Різдвом, Nich pered Rizdvom, which literally translates as "The Night Before Christmas") is the first story in the second volume of the 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.

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Christmas Eve (opera)

Christmas Eve or The Night Before Christmas (Nóch péred Rozhdestvóm) is an opera in four acts with music and libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Vakula the Smith and Christmas Eve (opera) are Christmas operas, operas based on works by Nikolai Gogol, operas set in Ukraine, Russian-language operas and works based on Christmas Eve (Gogol).

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Eduard Nápravník

Eduard Francevič Naprávnik (Russian: Эдуа́рд Фра́нцевич Напра́вник; 24 August 1839 – 10 November 1916) was a Czech conductor and composer.

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Fyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky

Fyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky (Фёдор Петрович Комиссаржевский) (1832 – 14 March 1905) was a Russian opera singer and teacher of voice and stagecraft.

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Fyodor Stravinsky

Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky (Фёдор Игнатьевич Страви́нский),, estate Novy Dvor (Aleksichi), Rechitsky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate) was a Russian bass opera singer and actor. He was the father of Igor Stravinsky and the grandfather of Théodore Strawinsky and Soulima Stravinsky.

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Ivan Melnikov (baritone)

Ivan Aleksandrovich Melnikov (Иван Александрович Мельников) (March 4, 1832 – July 8, 1906) was a Russian baritone opera singer.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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List of Christmas operas

Christmas operas are operas which are thematically based on either the Nativity of Jesus or secular Christmas stories. Vakula the Smith and List of Christmas operas are Christmas operas.

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Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic opera house in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Mykola Lysenko

Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (Микола Віталійович Лисенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period.

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Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example in his works "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt". These stories, and others such as "Diary of a Madman", have also been noted for their proto-surrealist qualities.

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.

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Opus number

In music, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's publication of that work.

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Osip Petrov

Osip Afanasievich Petrov (Осип Афанасиевич Петров) was a Russian operatic bass-baritone of great range and renown, whose career centred on St Petersburg.

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Princess Charlotte of Württemberg

Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (9 January 1807 – 2 February 1873), later known as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, was the wife of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Yakov Polonsky

Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (Яков Петрович Полонский) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.

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Zaporozhian Cossacks

The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (or label) or simply Zaporozhians (translit-std) were Cossacks who lived beyond (that is, downstream from) the Dnieper Rapids.

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See also

1874 operas

Christmas operas

Operas based on works by Nikolai Gogol

Operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Operas set in Ukraine

Works based on Christmas Eve (Gogol)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakula_the_Smith

Also known as Kuznets Vakula.