Based on the poetry of Pushkin, The Golden Cockerel tells the story of an emperor who invades a neighbouring country. The opera is a centrepiece of the Adelaide Festival, and its themes are highly topical for its Ukrainian and Russian cast.
As the world watches Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a similar tale is playing out on the stage in Adelaide.The Golden Cockerel was composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, with a text based on the poetry of Pushkin
The opera's libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, who based the text on Alexander Pushkin's poem The Tale of the Golden Cockerel. In an ironic twist, Ukrainian singer Pavlo Hunka is playing the Russian emperor who wants to expand his empire."We'll be more on the map than we were previously.Outside opera, Hunka's passion project is bringing Ukraine's traditional music — much of which was composed in defiance of Russian prohibitions — to prominence.
"The project I've been leading, which is really to defy what Putin is saying, is to record all of these songs so they never languish in obscurity again."It is easier for the cast's Ukrainian actors to comment on the invasion, while its Russian members must let the play speak for them."It would be foolhardy to expect one of the cast from St Petersburg or Moscow to even think about talking in this manner.
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