The Comical Situation Reflected in the Opera Betrothal at a Monastery by Serghei Prokofiev
The Comical Situation Reflected in the Opera Betrothal at a Monastery by Serghei Prokofiev

Summary/Abstract: The comic and sarcasm in Prokofiev’s music mirrors his intolerance towards political and social conditions, as well as towards the cultural trends of that time. His career as a composer had been very exposed and labeled from a political point of view, which gave birth to many contradictory discussions. Many music lovers only consider the real Prokofiev creations the ones produced when he was outside Russia. On opposing sides are the ones who consider that the Soviet period (from 1933 until his death) was the one that confered him the comfort of being himself through his creations. The opera Betrothal at a Monastery, composed in his Soviet period, was a truely remarkable achievement of Prokofiev. Although he choose to focus on the lyrical aspect of the subject, he did not omit the libretto parts which offered him the possibility to create comical situations.

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