Semyon Kotko (Russian: Семён Котко), Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev's 1937 novel I, Son of Working People (Russian: Я, сын трудового народа…). It was premiered on 23 June 1940 at the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre in Moscow.
| Librettist | Valentin Katayev (Based on "Son of Working People" novel by Valentin Katayev) |
| Date of composition | 1939 (Composed between summers 1938 and 1939) |
| Premiered | 1940, June 23rd (Stanislavsky Opera Theatre) in Moscow, Russia |
| Dedicated to | Vsevolod Meyerhold, who was at that time the director of the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre (and composer's great friend) |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Op. 81 |
| Spoken language | Russian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Semyon Kotko, a demobilized soldier who loves Sofya
4x Voice - Semyon's mother Voice (Soprano) - Frosya, Semyon's sister who loves Mikola Voice (Bass) - Remeniuk, chairman of the village Soviet and commander of a partisan unit Voice (Bass) - Tkachenko, a former sergeant-major and Sofya's father Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Khivrya, Tkachenko's wife Voice (Soprano) - Sofya, Tkachenko's daughter who loves Semyon Voice (Baritone) - Tsaryov, a sailor and one of the friends of Semyon who gets hanged by the Germans Voice (Soprano) - Lyubka, Tsaryov's fiancée Voice (Tenor) - Mikola, a young lad who loves Frosya Voice (Bass) - Ivasenko, an old man and the other one of the friends of Semyon who gets hanged by the Germans Voice (Tenor) - Workman, the former landowner in the name of Klembovsky Chorus/Choir - German interpreter, two old men, three village women, two villagers, young man, Bandura player, two Haydamaks, peasants, partisans, Red Army soldiers, Germans, Haydamaks Orchestra |
| Arrangements |
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Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 bis
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| Autotranslations beta |
Sergueï Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 |