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- Sergei Prokofiev
Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 (1939)
- G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)
G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.
- 3.3.3.3/3.4.3.1/timp.perc/hp/str
- chorus
- 4 Tenors, 3 Altos, 5 Sopranos, 5 Basses [1=Baritone], Bass Baritone, 2 Baritones, Mezzo soprano
- Libretto by the composer and Valentin Katayev
- Russian
Programme Note
Opera in five acts, seven scenes.
Synopsis:
Semyon Kotko, a young Ukranian soldier, returns from World War I. The Russian Bolsheviks have made peace with the Germans, but Western Ukraine is still occupied by the Germans in alliance with the Ukranian counter-revolutionaries. Semyon allies himself with the Bolsheviks, but wants to marry Sonya, daughter of Tkachenko, an influential local counter-revolutionary. Tkachenko disapproves of the union on both political and social grounds and tries to have Semyon executed. But at the last minute, the Germans retreat and the partisans arrive in time to save Semyon. Tkachenko is executed himself and the Ukranians look forward to a future as part of the Soviet Union.
Synopsis:
Semyon Kotko, a young Ukranian soldier, returns from World War I. The Russian Bolsheviks have made peace with the Germans, but Western Ukraine is still occupied by the Germans in alliance with the Ukranian counter-revolutionaries. Semyon allies himself with the Bolsheviks, but wants to marry Sonya, daughter of Tkachenko, an influential local counter-revolutionary. Tkachenko disapproves of the union on both political and social grounds and tries to have Semyon executed. But at the last minute, the Germans retreat and the partisans arrive in time to save Semyon. Tkachenko is executed himself and the Ukranians look forward to a future as part of the Soviet Union.