''The Madonna and the Soldier'' (Russian: «Мадонна и солдат», ''Madonna i soldat'', Op. 105) is an opera by Mieczysław Weinberg to a libretto by composed in 1970. ''The Madonna and the Soldier'' was Weinberg's second opera, following '' The Passenger'' and preceding '' Dartagnan's Love''. Shostakovich in reviewing these three first operas, wrote of the composer that "in turning to this new genre, Weinberg has shown himself to be a mature master of the operatic form."Dmitry Shostakovich, about himself and his times 1980 - Page 329 "I have a very high opinion of Moisei Weinberg's work. He is a ... In the past few years, three operas were written one after the other: The Passenger, The Madonna and the Soldier and D'Artagnan's Love. And in turning to this new genre, Weinberg has shown himself to be a mature master of the operatic ....

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