general information

composition date
1941-1942
duration
50 min
editor
Le Chant du Monde
Libretto (details, author)

Dimitri Chostakovitch, d'après Gogol

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Eb clarinet (also 4 clarinets, bass clarinet), 3 oboes (also English horn), piccolo (also 3 flutes, alto flute), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, balalaika [basse], 2 harp, piano, 3 percussionists

information about the creation

date
September 18, 1978

(version de concert), URSS, Léningrad, grande salle de la Philharmonie

interpreters

les solistes et l'Orchestre de l'opéra de chambre de Moscou, direction : Guénadi Rojdestvenski.

observations

à l'origine op. 63


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