| Opera by Leonid Desyatnikov | |
| Native title | Дети Розенталя |
|---|---|
| Librettist | Vladimir Sorokin |
| Language | Russian |
| Premiere | 23 March 2005 Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow |
The Children of Rosenthal (Russian: Дети Розенталя, romanized: D'eti Rozental'a) is a 2005 postmodern opera[1] in two acts by Leonid Desyatnikov to a Russian libretto by Vladimir Sorokin.
Set in USSR during the post-World War II era, the opera tells the story of clones of great composers: Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Verdi, and Mozart. They were cloned by Alex Rosenthal, a scientist who escaped from Nazi Germany to the USSR. The premiere took place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on 23 March 2005.[2]