Victory over the Sun

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El Lissitzky's poster for a post-revolutionary production of the opera. The caption reads: All is well that begins well and has no end.
El Lissitzky's poster for a post-revolutionary production of the opera. The caption reads: All is well that begins well and has no end.

Victory over the Sun (Russian: Победа над солнцем) is a Russian Futurist opera premiered in 1913 at the Luna Park in St Petersburg.

The opera was intended to underline parallels between literary text, musical score, and the art of painting.

The libretto written in zaum language was contributed by Aleksei Kruchonykh, the music was written by Mikhail Matyushin, the prologue was added by Velimir Khlebnikov, and the stage designer was Kasimir Malevich. The performance was organized by the artistic group Soyuz Molodyozhi.

The opera featured a cast of such extravagant characters as Nero and Caligula in the Same Person, Traveller through All the Ages, Telephone Talker, The New Ones, etc.

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