Humanities & Social Sciences 1 (2016 9) 117-125 ~ ~ ~ УДК 78.03 Principle of Rilleture: One of the Leading Ideas in the Works by Azio Corghi Liudmila V. Gavrilova* Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Art 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia Received 10.10.2015, received in revised form 16.11.2015, accepted 07.01.2016 The works of contemporary Italian composer Azio Corghi is of undoubted interest for the study. <...> His works are performed in the major concert halls in Europe and international festivals, the fi rst nights of his operas took place in the celebrated La Scala in Milan and in other Italian cities, as well as in Germany and Portugal. <...> This paper is aimed at observing a number of musical and theater works from the point of realization in them of one of the leading composer’s ideas, namely rethinking of the past in a spirit of modernity. <...> The author uses the notion of rilleture (repeated readings) and fi nds different ways of this principle realization on the example of A. Corghi’s operas and cantatas. <...> Keywords: Azio Corghi, musical theater, rethinking of the past, rilleture (repeated reading). <...> The revival of interest in the opera genre in Italy began in 1960-70s. <...> This generation followed Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973), * Corresponding author E-mail address: mgavrilova55@gmail.com # 117 # Ottorino Respighi Liudmila V. Gavrilova. <...> Principle of Rilleture: One of the Leading Ideas in the Works by Azio Corghi (1879-1936), Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), who revived the tradition of the Italian instrumental music; Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) and Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003), who introduced dodecaphony; Luciano Berio (b. 1925), Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) and Luigi Nono (19241990), who represent today the remarkable fi gures not in Italian art only, but also in the world avantgarde. <...> One must say that the opera works by Azio Corghi and his music in general are unknown to the Russians2 his 78th . <...> European recognition to Azio Corghi came after the fi rst night of the opera “Blimunda”, fi rst staged in Teatro Lirico in Milan (1989), then in Lisbon (1991) and Turin (1992). <...> Since that time, the works of A. Corghi have taken a permanent place in the concert halls and theaters across Italy as well as abroad. <...> This very <...>