Victory over the Sun
opera by Matyushin
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discussed in biography
- In Mikhail Vasilyevich Matyushin
By December 1913 the opera Victory over the Sun had been mounted, with music by Matyushin, prologue by Khlebnikov, libretto by Kruchonykh, and costumes and sets by Malevich. The opera was noteworthy for its use of unprecedented sound effects, including the thunder of cannon fire and engine noise.
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stage production
- In theatre: Russian Futurism—Suprematism
…and cabaret performances, but with Victory over the Sun, an “opera” created in 1913 by the writer Alexey Kruchenykh, the composer Mikhail Matyuchin, and the painter Kazimir Malevich, they produced a work that expressed modern machine culture. The piece had affinities with Kandinsky’s Expressionist pieces in that the setting consisted…
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