Kirill Molchanov

Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov (Russian: Кирилл Владимирович Молчанов; 7 September 1922 – 14 March 1982) was a Russian and Soviet composer.^[1]

He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had fallen on the lead soprano Galina Vishnevskaya.^[2]

His works are in the Social Realist romantic tradition and were not warmly received when performed abroad.^[3]

Works

Taken from:^[4]

The Stone Flower (Каменный цветок) inspired by Pavel Bazhov's story of the same name, Moscow, 1950
Dawn (Заря) on the play of Boris Lavrenyov "Rift" «Разлом», Moscow, 1956
Via del Corno (Улица дель Корно) based on a novel by Vasco Pratolini, own libretto, Moscow, 1960
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (Ромео, Джульетта и тьма) based on the novel of Jan Otčenášek, own libretto. Leningrad, 1963
The Unknown Soldier (Неизвестный солдат) own libretto. Voronezh, 1967
Russian woman (Русская женщина) (on the novel by Yuri Nagibin "Petticoat Government" «Бабье царство» own libretto. Voronezh, 1969)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (Зори здесь тихие) on the novel by Boris Vasilyev own libretto, Frunze, 1973

Odysseus, Penelope, and others (Одиссей, Пенелопа и другие) inspired by Homer, own libretto, 1970

Cycle to words by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén (1956),
Cycle to words by Langston Hughes (1958),
Cycle to the words of Soviet poets (1961)
Cycle to the words of F. Garcia Lorca (1963),
Hiroshima Song (lyrics by modern Japanese poets, 1964)
Black Box "Черная шкатулка", lyrics of the Czech writer Ludwig Ashkenazy, (1967)
Love lyrics of contemporary poets from different countries, (1972)
To the words of Sergei Yesenin (1972)
The Sonnets of Petrarch (1974)
Miniatures, lyrics of Bai Juyi, (1974)

Songs including:

To over 30 dramatic productions, including:

More than 30, including:

Macbeth, Ballet: Alexei Fadayechev, Nina Timofeyeva, staged by Vladimir Vasiliev, the Bolshoi theater orchestra conducted by Fuat Mansurov, D1115 Kultur.