The Gamblers (Shostakovich)

For the Prokofiev opera, see The Gambler (Prokofiev).

Dmitri Shostakovich
Operas The Nose (1928) Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District (1932) Moscow, Cheryomushki (1958) Katerina Ismailova (1963)
Unfinished operas The Big Lightning (1932) Orango (1932) The Twelve Chairs (1938) The Gamblers

The Gamblers (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.

Meyer completion

The opera was completed by Krzysztof Meyer as Die Spieler premiered in Leningrad 1978.^[1]

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

↑ Franklin Mesa -Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant ... 1476605378 2007 "COMPOSER: Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich (1906–75). Composed 1941–2; incomplete. Completed by Krzysztof Meyer as Die Spieler. LIBRETTIST: Based on the play (1842) by Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol (1809–52). WORLD PREMIERE: Leningrad 1978.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Operas and operetta

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Moscow, Cheryomushki
The Nose
Orango (unfinished)
The Big Lightning (unfinished)
The Twelve Chairs (unfinished)
The Gamblers (unfinished)

The New Babylon
Alone
Golden Mountains
Counterplan
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
The Youth of Maxim
Girl Friends
The Return of Maxim
The Vyborg Side
Friends
The Great Citizen
Zoya
Simple People
The Young Guard
Pirogov
Michurin
Meeting on the Elbe
The Fall of Berlin
Belinsky
The Unforgettable Year 1919
The Gadfly
Five Days, Five Nights
Sofiya Perovskaya
Hamlet
King Lear

Vocal music

Chamber music

String quartets	No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B♭ major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F♯ minor No. 8 in C minor No. 9 in E♭ major No. 10 in A♭ major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D♭ major No. 13 in B♭ minor No. 14 in F♯ major No. 15 in E♭ minor

Other	Cello Sonata in D minor Piano Quintet in G minor Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Quartet Movement in E♭ major (c. 1960s) Viola Sonata Violin Sonata

Piano music

Named for Shostakovich

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