Composer Rodion Shchedrin | Language Russian | |
Similar Betrothal in a Monastery, The Tsar's Bride, War and Peace, Khovanshchina, Rusalka | ||
Not Love Alone (also translated Not for Love Alone or Not Only Love; Russian: Не только любовь ; Ne tol'ko lyubov') is the first opera of Rodion Shchedrin, written 1961, revised in 1971.
Irina Arkhipova created the role of Varvara, and recorded Varvara's aria on her Arias recital for Melodiya 1967.
A well-known piece from this opera (usually played by cello and piano) is the humorous Quadrille from the second Act (Scene 15: The arrival of Varvara Vasilyevna and quadrille).
Quadrille from the opera not love alone of r shchedrin ivan karizna 2
References
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