Mavra is a one-act opera buffa composed by Igor Stravinsky, and one of the earliest works of Stravinsky's 'neo-classical' period. The libretto of the opera, by Boris Kochno, is based on Alexander Pushkin's The Little House in Kolomna. Mavra is about 25 minutes long, and features two arias, a duet, and a quartet performed by its cast of four characters. The opera has been characterised as both an homage to Russian writers, and a satire of bourgeois manners and the Romeo and Juliet subgenre of romance. Philip Truman has also described the music as satirising 19th-century comic opera. The dedication on the score is to the memory of Pushkin, Glinka and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Librettist | Boris Kochno (Based on "The Little House in Kolomna" by Aleksandr Pushkin) |
Date of composition | 1922 |
Premiered | 1922, June 3rd (Opéra de Paris) in Paris, France |
Dedicated to | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Type | Opera Buffa |
Approx. duration | 25 minutes |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Soprano) - Parasha Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - the neighbour Voice (Contralto) - Parasha's mother Voice (Tenor) - Vassili (a young hussar, Parasha's neighbour, Mavra) |
Arrangements |
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Igor Stravinsky: Russian Song
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Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Mavra Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Mavra Igor Strawinsky: Mavra |