Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 acts, 7 tableaux |
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Composition Year | 1888 |
Genre Categories | Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
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Work Title | Dream on the Volga |
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Alternative. Title | Сон на Волге |
Composer | Arensky, Anton |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.16 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAA 11 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 acts, 7 tableaux; 30 numbers (including overture)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1888 |
First Performance. | 1891-01-02 in Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre |
First Publication. | 1889-90 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson.
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Librettist | Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886) |
Language | Russian |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus, orchestra |
Extra Information | This opera is based on the same play as Pyotr Tchaikovsky's early opera Voyevoda, Op.3 (the full score of which had been destroyed by its composer and was to be reconstructed only much later). |