Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)

Maddalena (1911 -1912)

one-act opera


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1911 - 1912
    • Duration: 52 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 13
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Livret du compositeur d’après le Baron Liven (pseudonyme de Magda Lieven-Orlova).

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 2 sopranos, baritone
  • 2 tenors, men's choir [en-dehors de la scène] , 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussion, 2 harp, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 25 March 1979
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Manchester, BBC Radio 3


    Performers:

    Jill Gomez, soprano (Maddalena), Arthur Davies, ténor (Gennaro), Terence Sharpe, basse (Stenio) ; le BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, dirigé par Edward Downes. 

Observations

Inachevé.

Orchestré par Edward Downes.