Not Love Alone
Music by Rodion Shchedrin · libretto by Vasily Katanyan · premiered 1961
Not Love Alone (also translated Not for Love Alone or Not Only Love; Russian: Не только любовь, romanized: Ne tol'ko lyubov) is the first opera by Rodion Shchedrin, written 1961, revised in 1971. Irina Arkhipova created the role of Varvara, and recorded Varvara's aria on her Arias recital for Melodiya 1967. A well-known piece from this opera (usually played by cello and piano) is the humorous Quadrille from the second Act (Scene 15: The arrival of Varvara Vasilyevna and quadrille).
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About the Composer
Rodion Shchedrin is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Rodion Shchedrin
- Dead Souls (1976)
- Lolita (1992)
- Boyarina Morozova (2006)