Music and Time Annotation << Back Zeitoper in the Leningrad State Academic Maly Opera Theatre (MALEGOT) in 1920s Stankevich V.А. The paper deals with the one of the most fascinating periods of the MALEGOT history, when conductor Samuil Samosud and director Nikolai Smolich put on the stage operas «Der Sprung ?ber den Schatten» and «Jonny spielt auf» by Ernst Krenek, «Der arme Columbus» by Erwin Dressel and Paul Hindemith’s «Neues vom Tage» was being prepared to be staged. These works are well known as “Zeitoper” in the history of European opera of 1920s. The author characterizes the main features of the avant-garde in Russia and outlines the ways of its influence on the formation of the Soviet theatre. Key words: MALEGOT, Zeitoper, S.A. Samosud E-mail: veronika-st@mail.ru