The of the dissertation the complex theoretical and discursive conceptualization is carried out is the of constitution and institutionalization of the Ukrainian music and drama theatre as cultural phenomenon in the sociosphere of political, civil, social and economic, intercultural, ethnic, regional and artistic-aesthetic connections in the multicultural conditions of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires in the last third of the XIX – beginning of the XX century. In the system of socio-cultural relations, on both macrostructural and microstructural levels of sociosphere, Ukrainian music and drama theatre is defined as an integral part of Ukrainian spiritual culture, a source of ethnographic traditions, aesthetic knowledge, ideological values, an artistic imperative of the Ukrainian nation’s spiritual sovereignty. In the work determines the sociocultural status and role of Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the history of Ukrainian culture. The dissertation reveals the system macrostructural connections the theatre (political, socio-functional, socio-economic, social-investment, intercultural, ethnic), which accumulate the relationship of the theatre with the surrounding socio-cultural environment including government, state institutions, the public, critics, cultural and educational organizations like “Gromada”, “Prosvita”, charitable organizations, as well as ethnic theatres of over the Dnipro. From the point of view of sociosphere, microstructural, internal, indirect, functional interrelations, the theatre is shown as a complex institutional body, which integrates the following types of activities: organizational and managerial, financial and economic, creative. The organizational and creative spheres there are traditional forms of music and theatre activities (benefit performances, themed nights on the main stage, literary talks, charity performances), as well as innovative ones (integrated synthesized concert and theatre program, combined dramatized programs for adults and young viewers, reports of Ukrainian music and drama groups to the official press). An analysis of repertoire policy is important in the study of Ukrainian music and drama theatre as a social culture-making institution with a well-defined ideological and aesthetic, creative position. In this connection, the main genre and style dominants of the musical and drama repertoire are defined as follows: a realistic-everyday style; modernist style, which manifested through recitation of European modernist models (neo-romanticism), as well as through the promotion of characteristic features of Ukrainian romanticism, with its traditional themes, the image of national identity and the spiritual self-worth of the individual. It is noted that the introduction of a modernist trend on the Ukrainian theatrical stage showed a repertoire explosion and a kind of “Europeanization” of Ukrainian theatrical art. The analysis of the specifics of Ukrainian music and drama theatre microstructural internal artistic and aesthetic ties has shown the interaction mechanism between the theatre and the spectator. It was emphasized that theatre-spectator communication has a clearly expressed psychological and aesthetic orientation and is aimed to mastering the spiritual values by the public, motivational algorithms of behavior and is a universal constant for the formation of the national mental-cultural paradigm. The work has been outlined the role of the artistic, aesthetic and ideological-enlightening activities of the Ukrainian musical and drama groups in the development of relationships between Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish and other cultures in Ukraine and in the diaspora of near-abroad countries. The social, social-communicative, artistic-aesthetic, educational role of theatrical criticism in the process of constituting national artistic-aesthetic features of the Ukrainian musical-dramatic theater in the sociosphere of national culture is substantiated. It was discovered the development of Ukrainian music and drama theatre at the turn of the century, as well Ukrainian art in general, took place in the context of European evolution culture. Key words: Ukrainian music and drama theatre, national culture, socio-cultural connections, sociosphere, constitution theatre, institutionalization, intercultural dialogue, theatrical-critical thought, tour activities, repertoire.
