''Into the Storm'' (russian: link=no, В бурю; V Buryu) is a 1939 Russian-language opera by
Tikhon Khrennikov which won the approval of
Stalin.
[Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia Bernard A. Cook - 2001 - Volume 2 - Page 723 0815340583 "The socialist realism of Tikhon Khrennikov's 1939 opera, V Buryu (Into the Storm) won him the favor of dictator Joseph Stalin. In a 1948 speech Khrennikov attacked "formalism" and the compositions of eminent composers Dinitri Shostakovich .."] Khrennikov composed the opera to a libretto by the dramatist and original writer
Nikolai Virta
Nikolai Yevgenyevich Virta (russian: Никола́й Евге́ньевич Вирта́) (real name Karelsky) ( – January 3, 1976) was a Soviet writer who developed the theory of "conflictless" drama.
Biography
Nikolai Virta was born in t ...
based on Virta's 1935
debut novel ''Loneliness'' (''Одиночество»'').
References
Compositions by Tikhon Khrennikov
Russian-language operas
Operas
1939 operas
Operas based on novels
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