«The Road to Light»: spiritual and moral education of students based on a dialogue with the opera «Iolanta» by P.I. Tchaikovsky

the article is devoted to a current problem – spiritual and moral education of students. The developed tasks allowed us to organize a dialogue between students and the opera "Iolanta" by P.I. Tchaikovsky, aimed at searching for ideas, meanings, exciting questions, as well as spiritual and moral values (love, faith, compassion, etc.) reflected in the actions of the characters in multi-layered musical images and plot lines. The article reveals the principle of continuity of spiritual and moral education through a comparison of the spiritual experience of students and humanity, expressed in various works of art, in religion, with the plot, heroes, and value-semantic content of the opera "Iolanta". The nature of the tasks and questions on the content of the opera ensured the involvement of students in various types of dialogues: students-heroes of the opera, students-music, students-composer, students-culture, students-religion, students-teacher, student-student. An analysis of the students’ responses demonstrated the richness of content, creativity, depth of thought, and sensitivity to the musical and textual layers of the last opera-testament of P.I. Tchaikovsky, which revealed the multifaceted spiritual layers of this lyrical, mystical work.

dialog, opera, Iolanta, spiritual and moral education, cultura, values, semantics, continuity of education