A Cossack Beyond the Danube
1953 · 1h 35m · N/A
Music, Romance
Directed by
V. Larpoknysh
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A Cossack Beyond the Danube
Overview
A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.
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