Cherevichki (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

		Movements/Sections 4 acts, 8 scenes Composition Year 1885 Genre Categories Comic operas; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (6)

Vocal Scores

 Cover
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 Preliminaries, No.17b, Overture
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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Language:

Russian / German

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1898). Plates 6730-6755

Reprinted:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1901
(with censor's approval dates of 1 Nov 1901 and 17 Nov 1901)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Cherevichki
Alternative Title	Черевички ; The Slippers ; Oxana's Caprice

Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue Number	TH 8
Movements/Sections	4 acts, 8 scenes
Year/Date of Composition	1885
First Performance	1887-01-31 — Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre Dmitry Usatov (Vakula), Aleksandra Svyatlovskaya (Solokha), Bogomir Korsov (Devil), Ivan Matchinsky (Chub), Mariya Klimentova (Oksana), Vladimir Streletsky (Pan Golova), Petr Grigoryev (Panas), Aleksandr Dodonov (Schoolmaster), Pavel Khokhlov (His Highness), Romuald Vasilevsky (Master of Ceremonies), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor)
First Publication	1885 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score, 297 pages. Plates 6730 to 6755. 1885 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Orchestral and choral parts. 1898 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score.
Librettist	Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), with additions and revisions by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) and Nikolay Chayev (1824–1914), after a story by Nikolay Gogol (1809–1852)
Language	Russian
Average Duration	175 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: Vakula (Вакула) (tenor) ; Solokha (Солоха) (mezzo-soprano) ; Chub (Чуб) (1st bass) ; Oksana (Оксана) (soprano) ; Devil (Бес) (1st bass) ; Schoolmaster (Школьный учитель) (tenor) ; Pan Golova (Пан Голова) (2nd bass) ; Panas (Панас) (2nd tenor) ; His Highness (Светлейший) (2nd bass) ; Master of Ceremonies (Церемониймейстер) (2nd bass) ; Attendant (Дежурный) (2nd tenor) ; Old Cossack (Старый запорожец) (2nd bass) ; Wood Goblin (Голос лешего) (2nd bass) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭, A, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (F, E), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum + harp, strings Offstage: wind band [in Act III, Nos.19, 23]
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research
Extra Information	Vocal score arranged by Tchaikovsky and Aleksandra Hubert, 1885.