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War and Peace (Op. 91) (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is a 1946 230-minute opera in 13 scenes, plus an overture and an epigraph, by Sergei Prokofiev. Based on the 1869 novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, its Russian libretto was prepared by the composer and Mira Mendelson. The first seven scenes are devoted to peace, the latter ...
Sergei Prokofiev composed and compiled his Waltz Suite, Op. 110, during the Soviet Union's post-Great Patriotic War period of 1946–1947.. In creating this work for the concert hall, the composer drew upon waltzes previously written for three of his most recent works for the stage and screen: the opera War and Peace (completed circa 1943–1944 but not yet premiered at that time); the ballet ...
The Gambler (Prokofiev) The Giant (opera) L. The Love for Three Oranges; M. ... War and Peace (opera) This page was last edited on 9 January 2019, at 23:14 (UTC). ...
Early that year, he also played excerpts from War and Peace to members of the Bolshoi Theatre collective, [123] but the Soviet government had opinions about the opera that resulted in many revisions. [ n 10 ] In 1944, Prokofiev composed his Fifth Symphony (Op. 100) at a composer's colony outside Moscow.
Betrothal in a Monastery, opera in 4 acts 1940–41 87 Cinderella, ballet in 3 acts 1940–44 88 Symphonic March, for orchestra 1941 89 Seven Songs and a March, for choir and piano 1941–42 89bis March in A-flat major, for band ?1941 90 The Year 1941, orchestral suite 1941 91 War and Peace (after Tolstoy), opera in 13 scenes
Sergei Prokofiev’s (1891–1953) operas are full of humour, wit, and novelty. Here is the list of his completed operas: Maddalena, (1911–1913) The Gambler (1915–1916, rev. 1927) The Love for Three Oranges (1919) The Fiery Angel (1919–1927) Semyon Kotko (1939) Betrothal in a Monastery (1940–1941) War and Peace (1941–1952)
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1945 War and Peace (Sergei Prokofiev). Prokofiev returned to the tradition of Russian historical opera for this epic work based on Leo Tolstoy's novel. [213] 1946 Betrothal in a Monastery (Prokofiev). A romantic comedy with music drawing on the opera buffa style of Rossini. [214] 1946 The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti). Considered by many to be ...