ballet "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray"
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"The Fountain of Bakhchisaray" is a ballet by Boris Asafyev, based on Alexander Pushkin’s narrative poem, that dramatizes a tragic love story set in a Crimean Tatar khan’s palace.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fountain of Bakhchisaray | 45 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ballet ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Pushkin’s The Fountain of Bakhchisaray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | Soviet-era Russian ballet ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm | Russian ballet tradition ⓘ |
| balletStructure | four acts ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralLocation | Crimean Tatar khan’s palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Boris Asafyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus |
emotional conflict
ⓘ
tragic fate of the heroine ⓘ |
| genre | romantic ballet ⓘ |
| hasChoreographicTradition | classical ballet vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
melodramatic
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | fountain in Bakhchisaray Palace ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Imperial Russia in Crimea ⓘ |
| incorporatesElement |
character dances
ⓘ
orientalist color ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literarySource | The Fountain of Bakhchisaray by Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cultural conflict
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
Russian classical
ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | tragic love story ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Khan Girey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ Zarema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic characterization
ⓘ
lyrical pas de deux ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Mariinsky Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCulture | Crimean Tatar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Bakhchisaray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | narrative poem ⓘ |
| sourceWorkLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
harem intrigue
ⓘ
intercultural romance ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
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