FULL Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube (Hulak-Artemovsky) Geelong 2004 Eugene Stefyn, Lucy Yurkiw-Nicolson, Tetyana Schyrytsya, Oleg Levkut
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Zaporozhets za Dunayem aka Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube
- Composer: Hulak-Artemovsky Semen
- Libretto: Semen Hulak-Artemovsky Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Recorded: November 21, 2004
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Eugene Stefyn, Lucy Yurkiw-Nicolson, Tetyana Schyrytsya, Oleg Levkut, Nicholas Vereshaak, Fedir Habelko, Fred Minikhanov, Nadia Levkut
- Conductor: Serbey Suetin
- Orchestra:
- Chorus: Promin choir
- Ballet: Dance Ensemble TAISA
- Stage Director: Nina Pomomarenko
- Stage Designer: Areta Yaremenko
- Costume Designer: Olga Minikhanov
- Lighting Designer: Steve Opar
Information about the Recording
- Published by: TheDoctorIgor
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 2 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“Zaporozhets za Dunayem”, is based on actual historical events which occurred in the 18th century, namely the endeavours of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to save themselves from total annihilation, after the ruthless liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich, the bastion of the Cossacks, by the Russian troops at the orders of Catherine ll. Centuries have passed but the fame and memory of the famous Cossack period lives on and will live on as long as Ukraine exists.
The high ideals of the Cossacks, their fighting spirit, their bravery, their love of justice, their fairness and benevolence have been written about by scores of writers, poets and immortalized in songs by classical musicians and in folklore but the greatest qualities that stand out were their love of freedom and the love of their homeland, Ukraine. In composing the opera “Zaporozhets za Dunayem” Hulak-Artemovsky was forced to use some artistic licence in order to pass the strict censorship laws which forbade any criticism of tsarist rule. Thus even the Sultan is depicted as a benevolent ruler who grants the Cossacks permission to return home.