general information

composition date
1919
duration
2h
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Opus
33
Libretto (details, author)

Livret de Vsevolod Meyerhold, Vladimir Soloviov et Constantine Vogak d’après Carlo Gozzi ; version française de Véra Janacopoulos et le compositeur.

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
3 sopranos, 2 violas, 3 tenors, 2 baritones, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 5 bass voices

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, 2 harp, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

information about the creation

date
December 30, 1921

États-Unis, Chicago, Chicago Opera

interpreters

Édouard Cotreuil, basse (Le Roi), José Mojica, ténor (Le Prince), Irène Pavloska, alto (Clarice), William Beck, baryton (Léandre), Octave Dua, ténor (Truffaldino), Désiré Defrère, baryton (Pantalon), Hector Dufranne, basse (Celio), Nina Koshetz, soprano (Fata Morgana), James Wolf, basse (Farfarello), Jeanne Schneider, soprano (Sméraldine), sous la direction de Serge Prokofiev.


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