Dream on the Volga, Op.16 (Arensky, Anton)

		Movements/Sections 4 acts, 7 tableaux; 30 numbers (including overture) Composition Year 1888 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; 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

Scores

• Vocal Scores (6)

Vocal Scores

 Preliminaries
*#25333 - 2.75MB, 4 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 205x⇩

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 Overture/Introduction
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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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Editor:

First edition

Language:

Russian

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d. (1890). Plates 14710–14738.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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General Information

Work Title	Dream on the Volga
Alternative Title	Сон на Волге

Composer	Arensky, Anton
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.16
Movements/Sections	4 acts, 7 tableaux; 30 numbers (including overture)
Year/Date of Composition	1888
First Performance	1891-01-02 — Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre
First Publication	1889 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Arrangement for solo piano. Plate 14347. 1890 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score. Plates 14710–14738.
Librettist	Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886)
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Solo voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Extra Information	This opera is based on the same play as Pyotr Tchaikovsky's early opera Voyevoda (the full score of which had been destroyed by its composer and was to be reconstructed only much later).

Contents

• Overture (Introduction)
• Act 1
• Tableau 1
  • 1. Scene and chorus
  • 2. Song of Bastryukov
  • 3. Duet (Mar'ya Vlas'yevna. Bastryukov)
  • 4. Scene
  • 5. Finale
• Tableau 2
  • 6. Aria of Bastryukov
  • 7. Scene and chorus
  • 8. Recitative-Arioso
  • 9. Trepak and chorus
• Act 2
• Tableau 1
  • 10. Aria of the Voyevoda with chorus
  • 11. Arioso of Olena
  • 12. Scene
  • 13. Incantation of Mizgir
• Tableau 2
  • 14. Procession of pilgrims and chorus of beggars
  • 15. Cavatina of the hermit
  • 16. Scene
  • 17. Aria of Dubrovin
  • 18. Finale
• Act 3
  • 19. Dance and chorus of maidens
  • 20. Recitative and song of Mar'ya Vlas'yevna
  • 21. Scene
  • 22. Duet
  • 23a. Scene
  • 23b. Tale of Nedviga
  • 24. Aria (Domovoy)
• Act 4
• Tableau 1
  • 25. Lullaby
  • 26. Dreams of the Voyevoda
• Tableau 2
  • 27. Quartet
  • 28. Scene
  • 29. Finale. Chorus.