Andrii Malinich Wolf-Man

Andrii Malinich

Andrii Malinich

Wolf-Man
  • Creation year: 2023
  • Tags: Music theatre,
  • Presentation place: Odesa
  • Duration: 20 minutes

 

Andrii Malinich is a composer and vocalist. He is a soloist, accompanist, and arranger in the Renaissance Ensemble of Soloists of the D. Oistrakh Odessa Regional Philharmonic, and a soloist and orchestrator of the O. Salik Odessa Municipal Theater. He is a laureate of international competitions: “Free Style Wettbewerb” (Bern, Switzerland), “Ludowo na nowo” (Limanova, Poland), the Revutsky Composers’ Competition (Chernihiv, Ukraine), and the I. Karabits Composers’ Competition (Ukraine). He is the author of the opera “Piero and Beauty” based on the poetry of C. Baudelaire and P. Verlaine, the symphonic fantasy “Fantasia fresca,” the “Symphony of Prayers” for symphony orchestra and choir, and chamber works.

 

Team:

Antonina Levenchynska (soprano), Daria Husak (soprano), Anastasia Buinytska (soprano), Lyubov Bondarenko (soprano), Yevhen Silnytskyi (tenor), Khrystyna Shevchenko (violin), Anton Tkachenko (violin), Anna Subbota (violin), Sofia Tyshchenko (viola), Dmytro Kukovyakin (viola), Mykhailo Bezchastnov (cello), Viktor Glushenko (double bass), Kyryl Kukhar (double bass), Irma Hotkova (piano).

 

A chamber opera about the history of the Pankeev family, which conducted cultural and educational activities in the south of Ukraine, was engaged in publishing, and had a good reputation among artists who visited their estate.

 

Sergei Pankeev is a famous patient of Sigmund Freud, nicknamed “The Wolf Man,” who suffered from a certain neurosis from childhood, because of which he dreamed of five white wolves. Throughout his long life, Sergei experienced the tragic deaths of loved ones, revolution and wars, and appears as a “person who survived and lived.”

 

The libretto is based on Freud’s scientific research, local studies by local historians, Sergei Pankeev’s memoirs, the poetry of Anna Pankeeva, Sergei’s sister, and the author’s text. The opera “The Wolf Man” is considered a dilogy. The first part is about how Sergei, a young man from a wealthy educated family, develops a unique mental disorder. The second part is about his period of life in Vienna, Sigmund Freud, and Sergei’s future love. Most of the opera’s scenes are painful visions or memories “through the eyes” of Sergei, altered or distorted in his reality.

 

The presentation took place on January 10, 2024, at the Odessa Art Museum.

 

The work was implemented by proto produkciia foundation within the framework of the program Cultural Bridges: support of cultural figures from Southern regions of Ukraine, implemented by Insha Osvita with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative (UCBI).