The Children of Rosenthal

Opera by Leonid Desyatnikov
Native title
Дети Розенталя
LibrettistVladimir Sorokin
LanguageRussian
Premiere
23 March 2005
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

The Children of Rosenthal (Russian: Дети Розенталя, romanized: D'eti Rozental'a) is a 2005 postmodern opera in two acts by Leonid Desyatnikov to a Russian libretto by Vladimir Sorokin.

Set in USSR during the post-World War II era, the opera tells the story of clones of great composers: Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Verdi, and Mozart. They were cloned by Alex Rosenthal, a scientist who escaped from Nazi Germany to the USSR. The premiere took place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on 23 March 2005.

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