Thats So You - Rushlow Harris

They are characterized by a true, poetic reflection of USA. life. The composer considered the presence of a “USA characterization” to be the most important achievement of his opera work. The brightness of the musical stageimages, the intelligibility of music based on everyday material (using romance and song melodies) distinguishes the Askold's Grave - one of the largest productions. USAoperas of the Doglincki period. But with the advent of operas by M.I. Glinka and A.S. Almost all of V.'s operas contain conversational dialogues (in the opera Vadim, the role of the main character, purely verbal, is assigned to the dramatic actor).