War and Peace (Op. 91) (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is an opera in two parts (an Epigraph and 13 scenes), sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Although Tolstoy's work is classified as a novel, the 1812 invasion of Russia by the French was based on real-life events, and some real-life people appear as characters in both the novel and the opera, e.g. Prince Mikhail Kutuzov and Napoleon Bonaparte.
| Librettist | Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelsohn (Based on the novel "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy) |
| Date of composition | 1943 (1941-1943. Revised in 1946-1952) |
| Premiered | 1945, June 7th (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Op. 91 |
| Approx. duration | 120 minutes |
| Spoken language | Russian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Natalya (Natasha) Rostova
Voice (Tenor) - Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov Voice (Baritone) - Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Voice (Bass) - Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov Voice (Baritone) - Napoleon Bonaparte Voice (Bass) - Count Ilya Rostov, Natasha's father Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Hélène Bezukhova, Pierre's wife Voice (Tenor) - Prince Anatole Kuragin, Hélène's brother Orchestra |
| Arrangements |
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Sergei Prokofiev: Three Transcriptions for Piano (from War and Peace and Lermontov), Op. 96
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| Autotranslations beta |
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