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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 ...
The Nazi invasion of the USSR spurred Prokofiev to compose his most ambitious work, an operatic version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace; he co-wrote the libretto with Mira Mendelson, his longtime companion and later second wife. In 1948, Prokofiev was attacked for producing "anti-democratic formalism".
The ranks of peace advocates grow and grow stronger every day. They are stronger than all the instigators of war. They will block the path to war. The people of peace will stand up for peace. [15] On November 26, 1949, Prokofiev and his wife Mira attended the Moscow premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's oratorio Song of the Forests.
This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. By genre ... Op. 96 from "War and Peace" and "Lermontov" (1941–42 ...
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars , the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy.
Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace; Belshazzar, Prince of Babylon Gioachino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (as Baldassare, King of Assyria) Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian communist militant Jorge Antunes: Olga; Levin August, Count von Bennigsen, German general Sergei Prokofiev: War and Peace; Queen Berenice III of Egypt. George Frideric ...
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)
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 ...