Mazeppa (Original edition)
(1881-83)Opera in three acts (six scenes)
Duration: 165'
Music Text
Libretto by the composer and Viktor Burenin after Alexander Pushkin's epic poem 'Poltava'; German version by Alfred Simon (R,G)
Scoring
S,M,3T,Bar,2B; chorus;
3.2(II=corA).2.0-4.2(II=crt).3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-strings;
On-stage: banda
Cyrillic vocal material with German phonetic notation available upon request
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Rahter
Territory
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World Premiere
2/15/1884
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Bolshoi Opera
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Bolshoi Opera
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Nikolai Putilin/Irina Loskutova/Sergei Alexashkin/Larissa Dyadkova/Viktor Lutsiuk/Viacheslav Luhanin/Vladimir Zhivopistsev/Nikolai Gassiev/Kirov Opera/Valery Gergiev
Philips 462 206-2