Shchors (opera)
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Shchors is an opera in five acts by the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky. It was written in 1937–1938 to a libretto by Ivan Kocherga and Maksym Rylsky. The main hero, Mykola Shchors, was a milita
Maksym Rylsky, one of the librettists
Mykola Shchors, the hero of the opera
Borys Lyatoshynsky
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Borys Mykolaiovych Lyatoshynsky, also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky, was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher. A leading member of the new generation of 20th century Ukrainian compo
Shchors (opera)
…Shchors (Ukrainian: Щорс; also known as Commander) is an opera in five acts by the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky. It was written in 1937–1938 to a libretto by Ivan Kocherga and Maksym Rylsky. The main hero, Mykola Shchors, was a military figure originally from…
Borys Lyatoshynsky with his parents and sister Nina, photographed at the beginning of the 20th century
Lyatoshynsky in 1913
Reinhold Glière, Lyatoshynsky's composition teacher
The monument to Lyatoshynksy in Zhytomyr