The Fiery Angel, Op.37 (Prokofiev, Sergey)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts, 7 scenes
Composition Year 1919-27
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
Related Works Symphony No.3, Op.44 (1928, pub. 1931, a symphony-suite from the opera)

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 Complete Score (CA)
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Language German/English
Translator Anonymous, German text
Christopher Hassall (1912–1963), English text
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Hawkes, No.9532 (HPS 1261), 1977/1994. Plate B. & H. 19310.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes French translation removed. The original Russian was not included in this edition.
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 Act I
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Arranger Composer, piano reduction
Language German
Translator Unknown, German text
Publisher. Info. [Berlin]: Gutheil, 1927.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Vocal score reproduced from a copyist's manuscript and duplicated by Delanchy-Dupré in Paris in advance of the cancelled 1927 German premiere. This 1927 edition was distributed, including to various libraries.
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Arranger Composer, piano reduction
Editor Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931-2018)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1981. Plate 9723.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Preface by Olgerd Stepanov (1924-1999) removed. This Muzyka ed. was published with a 1957, 1977 Boosey & Hawkes copyright notice.
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General Information

Work Title The Fiery Angel [=Огненный ангел]
Alternative. Title Opera in 5 acts "Ognennyĭ angel"; L'ange de feu, Der feurige Engel; The Flaming Angel
Composer Prokofiev, Sergey
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.37
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ISP 95
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts, 7 scenes
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1919-27
First Performance. Paris: Opéra, 1928-6-14, cond. Serge Koussevitzky (abridged version only)
Paris: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 1954-11-25, cond. Charles Bruck (full version, concert premiere)
Venice: La Fenice, 1955-9-29, cond. Nino Sanzogno (full version, stage premiere)
St. Petersburg: Mariinsky Theatre, 1991-12-29, cond. Edward Downes (Russian premiere)
First Publication. 1927
Published in vocal score with German text only by Gutheil and Delanchy-Dupré in 1927. Edition prepared in advance of a cancelled Berlin premiere and used for rehearsal. Reportedly a reproduction of a copyist manuscript made of Prokofiev's original piano-vocal arrangement.
Copyright Information The French version translated by Mikhail Fyorodovich Astrov (1907–1996) cannot be posted here.
Librettist Composer after Valery Bryusov's novel Ognenny Angel (pub.1907-8)
Language Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 125 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail 3 flutes (nos. 2, 3 take piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (no.3 takes contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, tambour militaire, tamtam, castanets, tambour, off-stage bell, triangle), 2 harps, strings
Related Works Symphony No.3, Op.44 (1928, pub. 1931, a symphony-suite from the opera)
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