Dmitri Shostakovich : Work List

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  The Big Lightning [The Great Lightning], unfinished opera (1933) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3T, Bar, 2B

    Chorus   mixed chorus

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ehn.2+Ebcl.2+cbn/3431/timp.perc. glock.xyl.hp/str

  •  The Gamblers (1941) - 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Tenors, 3 Basses, Baritone

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.perc.xyl/2hp.pf.b balalaika/str

    Arranger / Editor   Edited by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

  •  The Gamblers (Die Spieler) (Meyer version)

    Soloist(s)   3 Tenors, 4 Basses, 2 Baritones

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.perc.xyl/2hp.pf.b balalaika/str

    Arranger / Editor   Completed (1981) by Krzysztof Meyer

  •  Katerina Izmailova, op. 114 (1956)

    Soloist(s)   2 high basses, 7 tenors, 3 sopranos, 8 basses, countertenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.2perc.xyl/2hp/str; stage music: B-flat cnt I/II, E-flat cnt I/II, ahn I/II, thn I/II, bar I/II, tba I/II

  •  Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29 (1932) - 2 Hour(s) 36 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 high basses, 7 tenors, 3 sopranos, 8 basses, countertenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.perc.glock.xyl/2hp.cel.[org ad lib]/str; stage band: 2B-flat cnt, 2E-flat cnt, 2tpt, 2ahn, 2thn, 2barhn, 2b

  •  Moscow, Cheryomushki , op.105 (1959) - 2 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, 3 Baritones, Bass, singing actress, singing actor, 4 Sopranos, 3 Mezzo Sopranos, 2 Tenors, 2 Basses

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   3(pic).332/4331/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Moscow, Cheryomushki (McBurney version) , op.105 (1959) - 2 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, 3 Baritones, Bass, singing actress, singing actor, 4 Sopranos, 3 Mezzo Sopranos, 2 Tenors, 2 Basses

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   1(pic).0.1(Ebcl).asx(ssx)+tsx(barsx)/0210/perc/gtr(uke,bjo).pf/str(1.1.0.1.1)

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Gerard McBurney

  •  Prologue to Orango (1932) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Soprano, 5 Tenor, 3 Bass, Dancer

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+Ebcl.ssx+asx.2+cbn/6.3.3.1+bar/timp.4perc.dmkit/bjo[+]/str

    Arranger / Editor   orch. Gerard McBurney

  •  The Tale Of The Priest And His Worker Balda (1935) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 Basses, Mezzo Soprano, 2 Sopranos, 2 Tenors

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   2+2pic.2+ca.2+Ebcl+bcl.2ssx+2tsx.3(cbn)/433+bar.1/timp.perc.xyl.vib.glock.bells/hp.bayan.hca.gtr.balalaika/str

    Arranger / Editor   Sofia Khentova

  •  The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda , op.36

    Soloist(s)   S, Mz, T, 5B, descant, boy

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2pic+2fl.2ob+ehn.2cl+Ebcl+bcl-2ssax,tsax-3bsn(cbn)/43+bar31/timp.perc.glock.xyl.bells.hp.fisarmonica.gtr.balalaika/str

    Arranger / Editor   Vadim Bibergan

  •  The Tale of the Priest and his Worker, Balda, opera in 2 acts after a tale by Pushkin , op.36 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voices

    Orchestration   orchestra

    Arranger / Editor   Link, Joachim-Dietrich

  •  The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse , op.56 (1939) - 16 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2S, Mz, T, Bar, 2B, 2Nar

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/4.2.2.0/timp.perc/cel.harp/strings (2.2.2.2.2)