| you are: parasha the queen-sheremeteva
However and in this opera the plot has been devoted not so much patriotic event, how many love which, despite intrigues and interdictions of people, wins to itself the right to a life the Basic collision ' Captures of Izmail ' - love and debt collision. The Russian colonel Smelon, which surname according to classicism poetics, opened its essence, are wounded was taken prisoner to Turks. At the commandant of Izmail - the Osmanli Turk - Smelon has seen the daughter - Zelmiru and has fallen in love. However the soldier's duty has forced the brave Russian officer to continue struggle against enemies. He escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp.
Zelmira which played parasha, too has grown fond Smelona of Melodramatic situation Kovaleva has managed to ennoble to original tragedy. It has shown despair of the suffering woman who have learnt, that the person favourite by it leaves. Zelmira asks Smelona to take away it (according to educational philosophy of XVII century even the Turkish woman understands, that the difference of religions cannot prevent love!):
To Leave to me the father intolerably, but loving,
All in light to forget I want for you.
Razlichnost beliefs, no, and that will not prevent,
That the god one at everything the reason to me broadcasts...
The Lover, the friend and the husband, and my educator,
The Life the new tonic, soedinjas with you...
Smelon - the faultless hero. It is brave, magnanimous to the enemy, is proud. Smelon has left Zelmiru to head Russian army. Soon it has entered the winner a fortress where still recently was the slave. With advantage and courtesy Smelon thanks the Osmanli Turk for the humane reference with it during stay in a captivity.
Having seen Zelmiru, he sings:
Fine Zelmira!
The Empress of all feelings and all my soul!
Having fallen to your feet, I to the pleasure
I do not know how to tell, that heart feels,
Your Presence so admires me,
That my reason is confused, and I out of itself...
Zelmira answers:
Smelon! My gentle friend! Ah, it is exact l zrju you!
Smelon at my feet? I can l believe to eyes?.
parasha Kovaleva has created a live, exciting image of the girl ready for the sake of love to be ready to do anything conceivable victim. Over the actress its own heart supervised. In creation of an image it went ' from herself ' - she loved also all force of the feeling has enclosed at image. parasha broke a barrier between a scene and auditorium, has forced public to breathe one breath with it, together with it to hope and despair.
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