A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Directed by Vasili Lapoknysh

Starring Ivan Patorzhinsky, Mariia Lytvynenko-Volhemut

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.