Koza-dereza
A mischievous goat causes a quarrel between an old man and his family, then takes over a rabbit’s home. The other animals try to persuade the goat to leave.
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A mischievous goat causes a quarrel between an old man and his family, then takes over a rabbit’s home. The other animals try to persuade the goat to leave.
A house cat is abandoned for being old and unable to catch mice. It meets Fox and gives an impressive name, leading Fox to believe it is fierce. Fox marries the cat and feeds it well. Forest animals want to meet the feared Mr. Kotsky, but when they peek in at the couple, the cat wakes suddenly and seems to confirm its fearsome reputation. At a dinner party, the animals hide while Fox and the cat eat. Hearing the cat meow for more soup, the animals are amazed at its appetite. When the cat mistakes the boar’s tail for a mouse and bites it, the boar overturns the table, startling Bear into a chain of mishaps that sends all the animals fleeing.
Natalka waits for her fiancé Petro, who is away working, while the landowner Vozniy seeks to marry her. With help from Viborniy, Natalka’s mother is persuaded to favor Vozniy, and preparations begin despite Natalka’s distress. Petro returns and learns of the engagement. Natalka declares her love for him, but her mother objects. Petro offers to leave to prevent conflict; moved by this, Vozniy withdraws, and Natalka and Petro are united.
A one-act Ukrainian opera with a modern setting, contrasting a folk song and a romantic salon song as representations of the past and present.
In 17th-century Ukraine, Taras Bulba leaves his sons Ostap and Andriy in Kyiv for education. Andriy falls in love with Maryltsya, daughter of a Polish governor. When war breaks out, Taras takes his sons to the Cossack stronghold. During the siege of Dubno, Andriy helps Maryltsya and joins the Polish army to marry her. Taras learns of his son’s desertion and kills him; Ostap sings a lament. In the final orchestral scene, Taras and Ostap lead the Cossacks to victory and take Dubno.
A mischievous goat causes a quarrel between an old man and his family, then takes over a rabbit’s home. The other animals try to persuade the goat to leave.
A house cat is abandoned for being old and unable to catch mice. It meets Fox and gives an impressive name, leading Fox to believe it is fierce. Fox marries the cat and feeds it well. Forest animals want to meet the feared Mr. Kotsky, but when they peek in at the couple, the cat wakes suddenly and seems to confirm its fearsome reputation. At a dinner party, the animals hide while Fox and the cat eat. Hearing the cat meow for more soup, the animals are amazed at its appetite. When the cat mistakes the boar’s tail for a mouse and bites it, the boar overturns the table, startling Bear into a chain of mishaps that sends all the animals fleeing.
Natalka waits for her fiancé Petro, who is away working, while the landowner Vozniy seeks to marry her. With help from Viborniy, Natalka’s mother is persuaded to favor Vozniy, and preparations begin despite Natalka’s distress. Petro returns and learns of the engagement. Natalka declares her love for him, but her mother objects. Petro offers to leave to prevent conflict; moved by this, Vozniy withdraws, and Natalka and Petro are united.
A one-act Ukrainian opera with a modern setting, contrasting a folk song and a romantic salon song as representations of the past and present.
In 17th-century Ukraine, Taras Bulba leaves his sons Ostap and Andriy in Kyiv for education. Andriy falls in love with Maryltsya, daughter of a Polish governor. When war breaks out, Taras takes his sons to the Cossack stronghold. During the siege of Dubno, Andriy helps Maryltsya and joins the Polish army to marry her. Taras learns of his son’s desertion and kills him; Ostap sings a lament. In the final orchestral scene, Taras and Ostap lead the Cossacks to victory and take Dubno.