Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936), a children's story for narrator and orchestra Cantataforthe20thAnniversaryoftheOctoberRevolution, Op. 74 (1936–37)...
Prokofiev. He wrote his own libretto, basing it on the Italian play L'amore delle tre melarance, or The Love for Three Oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам...
the bird—warned by Peter—flies to safety in a tall tree while the duck swims to safety in the middle ofthe pond. Peter's grandfather scolds him for staying...
was cancelled at the last minute due to the difficulty of finding musicians to play the piece; it called for an enlarged orchestra and, as many performers...
François-Xavier Roth in November 2016, Prokofiev's Cantataforthe20thAnniversaryoftheOctoberRevolution with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy...