Rodion Shchedrin

Dead Souls

Year:

1966-1976

Duration:

120'

Text/Libretto:

Rodion Shchedrin after the novel by Nikolai Gogol

Premiere:

Moskow, Russia, Bolshoi Theatre, 7 June 1977: Bolshoi Opera, Yuri Temirkanov (cond.)

Publisher:

Boosey & Hawkes

Genre:

Stage Work with Guitar

Instrumentation:
(Explanation)

solo voices, ballerina, chorus in the pit (including mezzo-soprano, alto soloists) - 4.2.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp-4perc-cel-hpsd-hrp-balalaika-egtr - strgs

Source:

Boosey & Hawkes website;