• Russian musical theatre traditions within the Russian emigration culture of the Far East

УДК: 792.5(=161.1):930.85(510)

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2022-4-10-26

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Izabella I. Krylovskaya

Cand. Sc. in Art Studies, Associate Professor of the Department of Arts and Design
Far Eastern Federal University
Vladivostok, Russia
E-mail: belcanto@mail.ru

Russian musical theatre traditions within the Russian emigration culture of the Far East

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of preserving local music theatre traditions in the culture of the eastern branch of Russian emigration in China, which has not yet been researched enough in modern art history. The author reveals the uniqueness of local music theatre in the territory of a neighboring state, where the foreign non-European culture played the role of “storage,” which made it possible to preserve the traditions of the pre-revolutionary Russian musical theatre in an unchanged form. Based on the materials of the Harbin periodicals, the author identifies several directions within the activities of Far Eastern emigrants in the sphere of musical theatre. These activities aimed at preserving the traditions and achievements of national culture and art. Among them were maintaining connections with the compatriot colleagues abroad and in Soviet Russia, honoring the recognized authorities of national performing arts, criticizing the experience of the Soviet musical theatre, as well as cultivating the national repertoire. The Great Patriotic War helped Russian emigrants in China focus on the true aspects of the local music theatre traditions: the artistic heritage, the achievements of outstanding representatives of the performing arts, and bringing up young followers of the traditions.

Keywords

Russian theatre, musical theatre, musical culture of the Far East, culture of Russian emigration.

For citation

Krylovskaya I. I. Russian musical theatre traditions within the Russian emigration culture of the Far East. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2022, no. 4, pp. 10–26.

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2022-4-10-26

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Received: 26.10.2022

Revised: 28.10.2022

Accepted: 30.10.2022