The plot of modern libretto (opera «Margarita» by V. Cobekin)

The goal of this article is an analysis of the plot peculiarities of a modern opera libretto. The source is opera «Margarita» by V. Cobekin. The reader is brought to a conclusion about the complexity of the philosophical idea of the libretto, its reference to problems of ethical and moral choice, intertextual nature of a literary composition, merging of bounds of elite and mass art, their wiping off, in fact.