Kirill Molchanov

Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov was a Russian and Soviet composer.
He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had fallen on the lead soprano Galina Vishnevskaya.
His works are in the Social Realist romantic tradition and were not warmly received when performed abroad.

Works

Operas

Taken from:The Stone Flower inspired by Pavel Bazhov's story of the same name, Moscow, 1950Dawn on the play of Boris Lavrenyov "Rift" «Разлом», Moscow, 1956Via del Corno based on a novel by Vasco Pratolini, own libretto, Moscow, 1960Romeo, Juliet and Darkness based on the novel of Jan Otčenášek, own libretto. Leningrad, 1963The Unknown Soldier own libretto. Voronezh, 1967Russian woman The Dawns Here Are Quiet on the novel by Boris Vasilyev own libretto, Frunze, 1973

Musicals

Odysseus, Penelope, and others inspired by Homer, own libretto, 1970

Works for soloist, chorus and orchestra

Cantata poem "Song of Friendship"

Works for piano

A cycle of Russian paintings

Works for voice and piano

Cycle to words by the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén,
Cycle to words by Langston Hughes,
Cycle to the words of Soviet poets
Cycle to the words of F. Garcia Lorca,
Hiroshima Song
Black Box "Черная шкатулка", lyrics of the Czech writer Ludwig Ashkenazy,
Love lyrics of contemporary poets from different countries,
To the words of Sergei Yesenin
The Sonnets of Petrarch
Miniatures, lyrics of Bai Juyi,

Songs including:

Here are the soldiers go
Fires are so many gold

Theatre Music

To over 30 dramatic productions, including:

"Mary Stuart" Schiller
"Three Fat Men" Olesha
"Kola Bryunon" R. Rolland

Music for films

More than 30, including:Great is my Country ''Shyroka Strana Moya Rodnaya It Happened in Penkovo «Дело было в Пенькове»

"Intractable" «Неподдающиеся»
"On the Seven Winds" «На семи ветрах»
"Shore" «Увольнение на берег»

"Halt" «Полустанок» We'll Live Till Monday «Доживём до понедельника» The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' «А зори здесь тихие».

Ballets

Macbeth
Three Cards

Recordings

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