The Last Night of the War
A one-act chamber opera
Music and libretto by Eugene Popoff
Duration: 1h 10m
The libretto is enriched with poems by Viktor Luzgin, Sergey Rudakov, and Georgy Suvorov — young poets who perished on the front lines.
Duration: 1h 10m
The libretto is enriched with poems by Viktor Luzgin, Sergey Rudakov, and Georgy Suvorov — young poets who perished on the front lines.
When the world collapses, love becomes the last refuge
The Last Night of the War
Is a chamber opera about two young people who meet by chance on the final day of the Great Patriotic War.
Against the backdrop of a shattered world and a dying war, they find each other — only to lose one another again.
It is a story of a love that neither time nor circumstance could protect.
The opera shows the war through the lens of an individual fate, without slogans or grandstands — only feelings, only human beings.
When the world collapses, love becomes the last refuge.
Against the backdrop of a shattered world and a dying war, they find each other — only to lose one another again.
It is a story of a love that neither time nor circumstance could protect.
The opera shows the war through the lens of an individual fate, without slogans or grandstands — only feelings, only human beings.
When the world collapses, love becomes the last refuge.
"The Last Night of the War" is not an opera about war.
It is an opera about people torn from peaceful life and forced to fight for their right to love, to dream, and to live.
Without pomp and parades, without political slogans — only an open heart, only the unbearable fragility of human happiness against the backdrop of a great catastrophe.
It is an opera about people torn from peaceful life and forced to fight for their right to love, to dream, and to live.
Without pomp and parades, without political slogans — only an open heart, only the unbearable fragility of human happiness against the backdrop of a great catastrophe.
Synopsis
In the spring of 1945, among the ruins of Berlin, a second echelon of troops finds shelter for the night.
Among the liberated prisoners of war is Andrei Venkov.
Among the medics, he recognizes his beloved Tanya, from whom he was separated by the war.
Among the liberated prisoners of war is Andrei Venkov.
Among the medics, he recognizes his beloved Tanya, from whom he was separated by the war.
However, Tanya is being courted by a young sergeant, Vasily Chyorny.
Disfigured by torture, Andrei fears revealing himself, but Tanya recognizes him first.
Their brief happiness is interrupted by an alarm:
Disfigured by torture, Andrei fears revealing himself, but Tanya recognizes him first.
Their brief happiness is interrupted by an alarm:
German soldiers are hiding in the building's cellars.
During the ensuing firefight, Andrei is killed.
Tanya is left alone — on the last night of the war.
During the ensuing firefight, Andrei is killed.
Tanya is left alone — on the last night of the war.
