Личность певца в условиях идеологических преобразований в культурно-художественной жизни Украины 1920-1930-х гг
The identity of the singer in terms of the ideological transformations in the cultural and artistic life of Ukraine of the 1920s-1930s.

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with determining the place and role of the singer in the cultural and artistic life of Ukraine of the 1920s-1930s, the vision by the authorities of the singer identity in the cultural life of Ukraine and in the social hierarchy, his understanding of his participation in culture making processes in terms of subordination to the Soviet ideological system. Methodology of research consists in the use of specific historical method for detailed studies of the social and political conditions that proceeded the cultural and artistic life of Ukraine in 1920-1930s, the structural and functional method to study the functioning of the classical vocal art in the cultural, ideological, and public relations, also general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, etc.) to conduct a thorough study of culture-making processes and their predetermination in Ukraine of 1920-1930s. Scientific novelty of the work consists in expansion of ideas about personal formation and direction of activities of professional singers in the totalitarian conditions of the Soviet reality of the 1920s-1930s, in the interpretation of the facts, dramatic in its essence, connected with their life and artistic activity as well as achievements in vocal performances. Conclusions. The analysis of the peculiarities of the repertoire policy and directing in the national opera theaters, as well as the assessment of social and cultural activity of singers and its conditionality provided the opportunity to identify the main levers of influence of the totalitarian state on opera art and society in general and adaptation of singers to the Soviet reality.

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