ivan melizha at the performance, author of the novel cried.s role, the actress was awarded the state prize of the bssr. in 1982, with the participation of liliya davidovich, a film was made based on the same work. in 1996, for her great services in the development of theatrical art, liliya davidovich was awarded the francis skarina medal. on december 26, exactly 130 years ago, evgeniy tekotsky, one of the founders of the belarusian school of composition and the founder of the national opera, was born in st. petersburg. after the civil war he ended up in bobruisk, and from that time on he connected his life with belarus. in 1934 tekotsky moved to minsk, where he was invited to the position of belarusian composer. tikotsky's great creative success was the creation of the opera mikhas podgorny. it is considered the first belarusian folk-heroic musical drama. the premiere of the opera in 1939 marked the opening of the new building of the state opera and ballet theater of the bssr. in 1943. evgeny tekotsky creates a heroic opera based on the lebret