Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка in Cyrillic; Krasnaja šapočka in transliteration) is an opera-fairytale for children in two acts (three tableaux) by César Cui, composed in 1911. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavona Pol', based on Charles Perrault's fairytale of the same name.
The printed score from 1912 bears a dedication to Crown Prince Alexey of Imperial Russia.
The earliest date of a performance for this opera has yet to be ...
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Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка in Cyrillic; Krasnaja šapočka in transliteration) is an opera-fairytale for children in two acts (three tableaux) by César Cui, composed in 1911. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavona Pol', based on Charles Perrault's fairytale of the same name.
The printed score from 1912 bears a dedication to Crown Prince Alexey of Imperial Russia.
The earliest date of a performance for this opera has yet to be established. However, it is known to have been staged in 1921, in Gomel, in the Byelorussian SSR (now Belarus), by students from the People's City Conservatory and the Technical School.
(Note: The plot, though nominally based on Perrault, adds a happy ending.)
Act I, Tableau 1. The chorus introduces the story. The setting is the edge of a forest; the porch of Little Red Riding Hood's house is off to the side. As Riding-Hood goes off to take a basket to her ill Grandmother., her Mother warns her not to dawdle in the woods or to talk to...
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