Shchors (opera)

Shchors
Opera by Borys Lyatoshynsky
The composer
Librettist
LanguageUkrainian
Based onlife of Mykola Shchors
Premiere
1 September 1938 (1938-09-01)

Shchors (Ukrainian: Щорс; also known as Commander) is an opera in five acts by the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky. It was written in 1937–1938 to a libretto by Ivan Kocherga and Maksym Rylsky. The main hero, Mykola Shchors, was a military figure originally from Zhytomyr Oblast. The opera was first staged at the Kyiv Opera House on 1 September 1938.


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