Mavra

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Mavra is a one-act opera buffa composed by Igor Stravinsky. Mavra premiered in Paris on June 3, 1922. The libretto of the opera, by Boris Kochno, is based on Aleksandr 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.

The opera is set in a Russian village circa 1840. The protagonist, Parasha, conspires with her young love and neighbor Vassili to smuggle him into her house disguised as Mavra, a female maid-servant. However, after initial success, Vassili is discovered as a man by Parasha's mother, and escapes out the window.

Along with many other Stravinsky works in the years following the presentation of The Rake's Progress in its first season in 1957, the Santa Fe Opera mounted Mavra in 1962.

[edit] References

  • Scholten, Jaroen. 1999. "Mavra". Retrieved January 27, 2006.
  • Boosey & Hawkes Opera. "Mavra". Retrieved January 27, 2006.
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