“Natalka Poltavka” (Natalka from Poltava) is an opera composed by M. Lysenko based on I. Kotlyarevsky play. The plot of the opera attracts spectators with optimism, sincere love for the common people, and realistic image of rural life.
“Natalka Poltavka” is the classic story about love and devotion, the story which underlies the formation of the Ukrainian theater of the early nineteenth century. Every pupil knows it now, but not everyone has heard folk melodies adopted by Lysenko and charming voices of talented singers who perform main characters: Natalka, Petro, Terpelykha, Mykola and others.
