Musicology Annotation << Back Manuscripts don’t burn (based on statement A. Konchalovsky E. Artemyev’s Opera «Crime and punishment») Tatyana K. Egorova Since the twentieth century musical theatre is experiencing not the best times, and in the struggle for the viewer with rapidly progressive media arts, various music and entertainment shows and theatrical and spectacular performances, is solved at times on a very risky directorial experiments, focuses not on the musical drama, and the stage version of the Opera. In some cases, such performances are perceived as outrageous and in confl ict with the music copyright text. On the example of analysis of formulation A. Konchalovsky E. Artemyev’s Opera “Crime and punishment” based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky the article raises important contemporary musical theatre issues reinterpretation and adaptation of operas on the stage. Keywords: reinterpretation, adaptation, the Opera “Crime and punishment” by E. Artemyev, A. Konchalovsky’s production. Contacts: E-mail: vistaa@bk.ru Pp. 42-46.