A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Overview

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

Cast

Ivan Patorzhynsky

Karas

Maria Lytvynenko-Volhemut

Odarka

Yelizaveta Chavdar

Oksana

N/A

Mykola Shelyushko

Andrei

Mykhailo Hryshko

Sultan

N/A

Ivan Kuchenko

Selikh-Agah

N/A

Volodymyr Matveyev

The Imam