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The Gamblers (Shostakovich)

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Composer
  
Dmitri Shostakovich

Language
  
Russian

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The Gamblers, Op. 63 (1941-42; Igroki), is an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, to his own libretto based on Nikolai Gogol's comedy The Gamblers (1842). The surviving first act lasts around 47 minutes.

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Meyer completion

The opera was completed by Krzysztof Meyer as Die Spieler premiered in Leningrad 1978.

Recordings

  • Shostakovich The Gamblers, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, cond. Andrey Chistiakov
  • Shostakovich The Gamblers, with the same composer's The Nose (opera), cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
  • Shostakovich The Gamblers; with Fleischmann's Rothschild's Violin. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko 2008
  • Shostakovich/Meyer Die Spieler (completion) Mikhail Jurowski Capriccio Records'

    • References

    The Gamblers (Shostakovich) Wikipedia
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