Alexander Ablesimov
Russian opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist, and journalist
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov |
| image | Аблесимов.jpg |
| birth_date | 9 September 1742 |
| birth_place | Galich Uyezd, Galich Province, Archangelgorod Governorate, Russian Empire |
| death_date | 1783 |
| death_place | Moscow, Russian Empire |
| nationality | Russian |
| period | mid-18th century |
| genre | opera libretto, poetry, drama, satire, journalism |
| :: |
| name = Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov | image = Аблесимов.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 9 September 1742 | birth_place = Galich Uyezd, Galich Province, Archangelgorod Governorate, Russian Empire | death_date = 1783 | death_place = Moscow, Russian Empire | occupation = | nationality = Russian | period = mid-18th century | genre = opera libretto, poetry, drama, satire, journalism
Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov (Алекса́ндр Они́симович Абле́симов; — 1783) was a Russian opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist, and journalist.
Biography
Worked as copyist for Alexander Sumarokov. Published his fables and satirical poems. Wrote the libretto for the early Russian-language opera by Mikhail Sokolovsky The miller who was a wizard, a cheat and a matchmaker (Мельник - колдун, обманщик и сват — Melnik - koldun, obmanshchik i svat 1779 Moscow, c.1795 St Petersburg), which was popular for three decades, and established a new operatic genre in Russia – a comedy about everyday life with spoken dialogue.
He also wrote libretti for two comic operas by M. Ekkel and a dramatic dialogue on the opening of Petrovka Theatre in Moscow.
Bibliography
- Frolova-Walker, Marina: Russian Federation, 1730–1860, Opera in The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 21
- Собрание сочинений изданное в одном томе Смирдиным (неполное), СПБ.
- Полное собрание стихотворений (1849) в «Русской поэзии» под ред. С. А. Венгерова, т. I. — СПБ. 1897.
- Венгеров С. А. Источники словаря русских писателей. т. I. — СПБ. 1900.
- Венгеров С. А. Критическо—биографический словарь русских писателей и учёных. т. I. — СПБ. 1889.
- Соч., СПБ. 1849; [Соч.], в кн.: Русская комедия и комическая опера XVIII в., М.—Л., 1950.
- История русской литературы XVIII в. Библиографический указатель. Под ред. П. Н. Беркова, Л., 1968.
- Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона (1890—1907).
References
References
- Karlinsky, Simon. (1984). "Russian Comic Opera in the Age of Catherine the Great". 19th-Century Music.
- Jaffé, Daniel. (2022-02-15). "Historical Dictionary of Russian Music". Rowman & Littlefield.
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