Not Love Alone (also translated Not for Love Alone or Not Only Love; Russian: Не только любовь; Ne tol'ko lyubov') is the first opera of Rodion Shchedrin, written 1961, revised in 1971.[1]

Irina Arkhipova created the role of Varvara,[2] and recorded Varvara's aria on her Arias recital for Melodiya 1967.[3]

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).

References

  1. ↑ Peter J Schmelz - Such Freedom, If Only Musical : Unofficial Soviet Music 2009 0199711941 p277 "10 It was not only unofficial conductors or composers who suffered during this period, for Shchedrin also became a target after ... along with his first opera Not Love Alone (Ne tol'ko lyubov') (1961, revised in 1971).16 Shchedrin himself went on."
  2. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Russian Music - Page 42 0810879808 Daniel Jaffé - 2012 "She created the roles of Klavdiya in Sergey Prokofiev's Story of a Real Man, the Commissar in Alexander Kholminov's An Optimistic Tragedy, Nilovna in Tikhon Khrennikov's The Mother, and Varvara in Rodion Shchedrin's Not Love Alone."
  3. ↑ Billboard - 6 May 1967 - Page 12 Among the standout selections are arias from Arensky's "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai," "Moussorgsky's "Khovanschina," Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky," and Shchedrin's "Not Love Alone."


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