Moscow, Cheryomushki (Russian: Москва, Черемушки; Moskva, Cheryomushki) is an operetta in three acts by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Op. 105. It is sometimes referred to as simply Cheryomushki. Cheryomushki is a district in Moscow full of cheap subsidized housing built in 1956, and the word is also commonly used for such housing projects in general.
| Librettist | Team of Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinsky, leading Soviet humorists of the day |
| Date of composition | 1958 |
| Premiered | 1959, January 24th |
| Type | Operetta |
| Catalogue | Op. 105 |
| Instruments |
Voice (Baritone)
- Alexander (called Sasha), a guide at the Museum of the History and Reconstruction of Moscow
Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Masha, Sasha's wife Voice (Soprano) - Lidochka, a fellow museum guide of Sasha's Voice (Baritone) - Taille ; Semyon Semyonovich, Lidochka's father Voice (Tenor) - Boris (called Borya), an explosives expert Voice (Tenor) - Sergei, works as a chauffeur for a high-ranking official and an old acquaintance of Boris 4x Voice - Liusia, a young and alluring construction worker from the Cheryomushki site Voice (Tenor) - Fyodor Drebednev, a bureaucrat who works at the Cheryomushki construction site and who allocates apartments Voice (Soprano) - Vava, having an affair with Drebednev Voice (Baritone) - Barabashkin, a lower-rank estate manager Orchestra - Barabashkin, a lower-rank estate manager |
| Arrangements |
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Dmitri Shostakovitch: Music to the film Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105a
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| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105 |