Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


Пашкевич

The Russian Comic Opera of the XVIIIth Century in Its Links with Literature and Theatre (on the Example of the Opera Oeuvre of V. A. Pashkevich)

The article studies the formation and development of the Russian musical theatre of the XVIIIth century. It focuses on the opera oeuvre of V. A. Pashkevich; close links between the Russian literature and music are traced in it; the major typological features of the Russian comic opera are singled out.