Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

Hamlet (1931 -1932)

incidental music for Shakespeare's tragedy


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: dec 1931 - 1932
    • Publisher: DSCH, nº Vol. 117
    • Opus: 32
    • Libretto (details, author):

      traduction en russe par Mikhaïl Lozinski incluant des extraits d'Erasme

Detailed formation
  • soloist: unspecified soloist voice
  • unspecified choir
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussionist, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 19 May 1932
    Location:

    URSS, Moscou, Théâtre Vakhtangov


    Performers:

    Nikolaï Akimov : mise en scène.