Semyon Kotko
(Semjon Kotko: Oper in 5 Akten, 7 Bildern) op. 81 (1939)Opera in 5 acts and 7 scenes
Duration: 140'
Music Text
Libretto by the composer and Valentin Katayev, after Katayev's novel 'I am a Son of the Working People' (R)
Scoring
4S,S(or high M),M(or S),3C,6T,BBar,4Bar,2B9or Bar),6B;chorus
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:tgl/wdbl/tamb/SD/BD/
cyms/tam-t-harp-str
On and off-stage bands: 2hn.2tpt,picctpt.3trbn.tuba-perc:SD/BD/alarm
bell/frame dr/cuckoo-folk lute-concertina-gtr
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Opera
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Publisher
VAAP
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
/ Sikorski for the UK, British Commonwealth (excluding Canada), Republic of Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Israel.
Availability
World Premiere
23/06/1940
Moscow
Serafima Birman, director / Stanislavsky Opera Theatre / Mikhail Zhukov
Programme Note
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Tatiana Pavlovskaya/Ekaterina Solovieva/Viktor Lutsiuk/Genady Bezzubenkov/Kirov Opera and Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Philips 464 605-2 (2 CDs)
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