and fate of tamara, not tyksa. “aperetto does not die,” he said, only those who do not know how to handle it die, lovers of stamps and pigeons, my goal is to ennoble the aperetto, the viewer must worry, and not watch and listen to outright nonsense. on this day, april 30, 1870, franz ligar, hungarian composer and conductor, creator of the operetta the merry widow, giudita, count of luxembourg, was born. as librettist paol knepler noted, there are three types of musical drama: opera, operetta, or gar. today marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of nikolai andronov, a classic of soviet painting, monumentalist, teacher, one of the founders of the austere style, and a full member. literature is my eternal companion, says he, as far as i can remember, i was always with a book, from the age of three, my grandmother and my mother constantly read books to me, and there was not a single day of absence, let’s say... without exaggeration, there was not a day in my life when i i didn't even read a few pages. today , po