general information

composition date
1915-1916
revisition date
1927
duration
1h
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Opus
24
Libretto (details, author)

Serge Prokofiev d'après le roman de Fédor Dostoïevski. 

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 sopranos, 2 violas, 9 tenors, 5 baritones, tenor [falsetto], 8 bass voices

second violin, 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, 2 harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 3 mezzo-sopranos

information about the creation

date
April 29, 1929

Belgique, Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Monnaie

interpreters

Lily Leblanck (Pauline), Yvonne Andry (mezzo-soprano), Simone Ballard (Grand-Mère), José Lens (Alexeï), Milorad Yvanovitch (Le Général), G. Rambaud (Marquis), Emile Colonne (Astley), Mme Nayaert (la Baronne), Georges Clauzure (le Baron), H. Marcotty (le prince Nilsky), sous la direction de Maurice Corneil de Thoran.


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