V. Gubarenko opera-balet «Viy»: some semantic aspects of the gogol plot’s interpretation.
Опера-балет В. Губаренко «Вий»: некоторые семантические аспекты интерпретации гоголевского сюжета
Abstract
Article purpose is to identify through semantic analysis previously unexplored features of V. Gubarenko opera "Viy" interpretation of the Gogol primary source. Methodological base of the work is based on the experience of domestic and foreign research classics (works of B. Asafyev, I. Drach, M. Nestieva, V. Holopova, M. Cherkashina, etc.). Traditional musicological analysis prevails among methods of research. Scientific novelty concludes in the discovery of new semantic facets of V. Gubarenko's operatic interpretation of the famous Gogol novelette. Main conclusions are reduced to the identification of common and distinct traits in drama and concept of V. Gubarenko opera by and N. Gogol story. Among the original techniques used by the composer is the acceptance of repeated placement of the same verbal (Gogolian) constructions in different semantic contexts. The basis of the opera poetics forms a dialogue (with elements of interpenetration) of funny and serious, real and otherworldly, good and evil.
Keywords: musical dramaturgy, interpretation, folk image sphere, verbal leitmotiv, chorus, ballet character.
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