''Colas Breugnon'' (russian: Кола Брюньон, Kola Bryun'on) is a Russian-language opera in three acts by

Dmitry Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Co ...

, also known as ''The Master-Craftsman of Clamecy'' (Мастера из Кламси ; ''Mastera iz Clamsy'') op. 24 in Russia. The libretto by V. Bragin is based on

Romain Rolland Romain Rolland (; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production an ...

's novel about a fictional Burgundian optimist named Colas Breugnon set in 16th-century

Clamecy, Nièvre Clamecy () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Clamecy is the capital of an arrondissement in the department of Nièvre, at the confluence of the Yonne and Beuvron and on the Canal du Nivernais, N.N.E. of Nevers. Clame ...

. The opera premiered under the direction of

Samosud Samuil Abramovich Samosud (russian: Самуи́л Абра́мович Самосу́д) (Tbilisi, Georgia, — Moscow, 6 November 1964), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian conductor. He started his musical career as a cellist, before becomin ...

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in 1938. The opera is best known for its "rollicking" overture.School of Music, Theatre & Dance Programs 1951 "Though the opera Colas Breugnon has not as yet been produced in America, the vivacious, rollicking overture has gained wide popularity with concert audiences throughout the world. The gaiety of its style and the interest of its rhythmic..."

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