Word: rybnikov
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough to rouse the Soviet Union's founding father in his Kremlin mausoleum. After two decades of sparring with the Soviet authorities, hard rock had triumphantly taken the Lenin stage. The occasion was the premiere of the country's first rock opera, Juno and Avos, by Alexei Rybnikov, a popular composer of movie scores. In addition to guitars, violins, cellos, drum and a chorus of 16, Rybnikov called for electronic instruments-including a Multimoog synthesizer and a Roland paraphonic-rarely used before in the U.S.S.R. The opera was a bold blend of hard-rock rhythms, shimmering folk melodies...
...made clear that the show would be Moscow's biggest smash in years, enjoying an open-ended run as part of the Lenin Komsomol's permanent repertory. On opening night the 810-seat theater was jammed. The elite audience, which had received free tickets, cheered lustily, giving Rybnikov and Voznesensky standing ovations...
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