general information

composition date
1939-1940
duration
2h
Opus
58

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

4 trumpets [sur scène], Eb clarinet (also 4 clarinets, bass clarinet), 3 oboes (also English horn), piccolo (also 3 flutes), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, celesta, piano, 3 percussionists, 2 harp [à 4], 2 cornets [à 4, sur cène], 3 horns [à 6, sur scène], 2 saxhorns [à 4 baryton, sur scène], 2 tubas [à 4, sur scène], balalaika [et domra, ad libitum, sur scène]

information about the creation

date
November 4, 1959

États-Unis, Léningrad, Théâtre Kirov

interpreters

I. Chlepianov : mise en scène, G. Moseïev : décors, Boris Chtokolov : Boris, Sergueï Eltsine : direction.

observations

orchestration réalisée à partir de la partition pour piano éditée par Pavel Lamm


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