A Life for the Tsar (Glinka, Mikhail)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts, epilogue
Composition Year 1836
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical 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; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 players (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
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Soviet version (Ivan Susanin)

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⇒ 19 more: Title, (partial) Contents, Orchestral Instruments • Overture • Act I Nos.1–3 • Act I No.4. Scena terzetto e Coro • Act II No.5. Polacca • Act II Nos.6a .. 6b • Act II No.7. Finale • Act III Nos.8 .. 11 • Act III No.12. Quartetto • Act III Nos.13 .. 15 • Act III No.16. Finale • Act IV No.17. Antract • Act IV Nos.18a .. 18b • Act IV No.19. Scena e Coro • Act IV Nos.20a .. 20b • Epilogue Nos.21 .. 23 • Appendix. Overture to an early edition • Appendix. Passo a due, Passo a tre • Appendix (remainder)

 Title, (partial) Contents, Orchestral Instruments
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 Overture
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 Act I Nos.1–3
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 Act I No.4. Scena terzetto e Coro
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 Act II No.5. Polacca
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 Act II Nos.6a .. 6b
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 Act II No.7. Finale
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 Act III Nos.8 .. 11
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 Act III No.12. Quartetto
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 Act III Nos.13 .. 15
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 Act III No.16. Finale
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 Act IV No.17. Antract
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 Act IV Nos.18a .. 18b
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 Act IV No.19. Scena e Coro
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 Act IV Nos.20a .. 20b
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 Epilogue Nos.21 .. 23
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 Appendix. Overture to an early edition
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 Appendix. Passo a due, Passo a tre
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 Appendix (remainder)
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Editor Vladimir Protopopov (1908–2005)
Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky (1903–1971)
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Overture

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Parts

Overture

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 Cellos 3/4 (1st page only)
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Polacca (No.5)

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⇒ 6 more: Title, Contents, Overture • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

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Soviet Version (Ivan Susanin)

 Title and Contents
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⇒ 7 more: Overture • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Epilogue • Appendix

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 Epilogue
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Editor Vladimir Protopopov (1908–2005)
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, (1939). Plate М. 17183 Г.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Andante tranquillo and Allegro

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General Information

Work Title A Life for the Tsar
Alternative. Title Ivan Susanin
Name Translations Życie za cara; Une vie pour le tsar; Жизнь за царя; Կյանքը հանուն ցարի; Una vida por el Zar; Una vida pel tsar; Elämä tsaarin puolesta; Іван Сусанін; Una vita per lo Zar; Ein Leben für den Zaren; 皇帝に捧げた命; Livet för tsaren; Cuộc đời vì Nga hoàng; Ivan Sussanin; Iwan Soesanin; 為沙皇獻身; Живот за Царот; Bizia tsarraren alde; Livet for tsaren; Život za cara; Μια Ζωή για τον Τσάρο; Žiwjenje za carja; Ivan Szuszanyin; החיים למען הצאר; Живот за царя; 為沙皇献身
Name Aliases La Vie pour le Tsar; Ivan Soussanine; Иван Сусанин; Життя за царя; Iwan Sussanin; Schisn sa zarja; 皇帝に捧げし命; イワン・スサーニン; Iwan Susanin; 沙皇的一生; 为沙皇献身; 伊万·苏萨宁; 伊凡·苏萨宁; Una vita per lo Czar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Life for the Czar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Life for the Tsar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Zhizn za tsaria; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Iwan Sussanin; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Leben fur den Zaren; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Ivan Susanin (Rozen); Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Vie pour le Tsar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Zizn za carja
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 273637161; LCCN: n80125009; GND: 300059981; BNF: 13943264g
Composer Glinka, Mikhail
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMG 23
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts, epilogue
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836
First Performance. 1836-12-09 (27 November OS) in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre
Osip Petrov (Ivan Susanin)
Mariya Stepanova (Antonida)
Anna Petrova-Vorobyova (Vanya)
Lev Leonov (Bogdan Sobinin)
Sergey Baykov (Polish commander)
I. Makarov (Polish courier)
Aleksey Yefremov (Russian commander)
Catterino Cavos (conductor)
First Publication. 1857, 1881 - St. Petersburg: F.T. Stellovsky
Vocal score (1857)
Full score (1881)
Librettist Nestor Kukolnik, Egor Rosen, Vladimir Sollogub and Vasily Zhukovsky
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Ivan Susanin, a peasant of the village of Domnino (bass)
Antonida, his daughter (soprano)
Vanya, Susanin's adopted son (alto)
Bogdan Sobinin, a militiaman, Antonida's fiance (tenor)
Commander of the Polish Detachment (bass)
A Polish courier (tenor)
Commander of the Russian Detachment (bass)

Mixed Chorus

Peasant men and women, militiamen, Polish nobles and ladies, knights

Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, bells, harp, strings

Off-stage Instruments

2 wind bands, clarinet, trumpet, drum, bells
Related Works Pieces based on 'A Life for the Tsar'
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information After the 1917 Russian Revolution a new libretto was prepared by Sergey Gorodetsky (1884-1967), in which the name of the Tsar was replaced throughout. This Soviet version of the opera was renamed Ivan Susanin (which had in fact been Glinka's original working title for the opera, before it was premiered as A Life for the Tsar)
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