FULL FOREST SONG (Vitaliy Kireiko) Kiev Kyiv 2025 Valentina Frolova, Alexander Pilipchuk, Alexander Chishy, Daria Konoplya

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Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Forest Song  
• Composer: Kireiko Vitaliy  
• Libretto: The Forest Song is a three-act poem composed by Lesya Ukrainka    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Opera Studio of the National Music Academy of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine  
• Recorded: February 24, 2025
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Valentina Frolova, Alexander Pilipchuk, Alexander Chishy, Daria Konoplya, Olga Berezova, Volovodenko, Zakhar Pazinich
• Conductor: Yaroslav Bliznyuk  
• Orchestra: Orchestra of the Opera Studio  
• Chorus: Chorus of the Opera Studio  
• Chorus Master: Alexandra Stetsyuk  
• Choreographer: Tatiana Terletskaya  
• Stage Director: Peter Ilchenko  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Yuriy Panytsia (PanyaRecords)  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Forest song is an opera by Vitaly Kyreiko written in 1957 and first performed in Lviv in 1958. Libretto is based on the drama of the same name by Lesya Ukrainka.

Opera consists of three acts. The music of the Forest Song is romantic and uses – in addition to deeply folk melodies and dances – as a model, mainly the romantic opera of the 19th century. Folk melody characterizes mainly human characters, fantastic creatures are characterized by a special timbre, chromatism and instrumental melody.

According to Valentyna Antoniuk, “Forest Song” is “a classic pearl of the world’s cultural heritage”, and “even if he did not write a single note, this work itself would make the composer’s name eternal.