general information

composition date
1927-1928
duration
1h 50 min
editor
Le Chant du Monde
Opus
15
Libretto (details, author)

Evguéni Zamiatine, Georges Ionine, Alexander Preis et Dimitri Chostakovitch, d'après Nicolas Gogol

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

alto flute (also piccolo, flute), English horn (also oboe), Eb clarinet (also clarinet, bass clarinet), contrabassoon (also bassoon), horn, cornet (also trumpet), trombone, 2 percussionists, 2 harp, piano, balalaika (also 2 balalaikas), 2 lutes [domra]

information about the creation

date
January 18, 1930

URSS, Léningrad, Petit théâtre de l'Opéra de l'Académie des Arts

interpreters

Samuel Samossoud : direction, Nikolaï Smolitch : mise en scène, Vladimir Dmitrev : décors.


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