War and Peace (Voina y Mir)

Classification added July 5, 2016

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Premiered June 7, 1945 (orig. cut). April 1, 1955 (final version)

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Moscow, 1945. Leningrad, 1955

Composer:

Sergei Prokofiev

Original Language:

Russian

Librettist:

Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelson

Description:

Opera in 13 scenes, Overture and Epigraph

Notes:

Text after Leo Tolstoy

Time Period:

1805-1812

Place:

Russia – Otradnoye, Petersburg, Moscow, Borodino, Fili, & near Smolensk.

Classification key

L – Leading
F – Featured
S – Supporting
B – Solo Bit
CB – Chorus Bit
MB – Mute Bit

Role	Voice Part	Classification
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky – Scs. 1,2,8,12	Baritone	L
Natalya Rostova (Natasha) – Scs. 1,2,3,4,6,12	Soprano	L
Count Pyotr Bezukhov (Pierre) – Scs. 2,6,7,8,11,13	Tenor	L
Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova – Scs. 2,6	Mezzo-Soprano	F
Count Ilya Andreievich Rostov – Scs. 2,3,4	Bass	F
Helene Bezukhova – Scs. 2,4,7	Contralto	F
Prince Anatol Kuragin – Scs. 2,4,5,6,7	Tenor	F
Dolokhov – Scs. 2,5,6,13	Bass	F
Prince Mikhail Kutuzov – Scs. 8,10,13	Bass	L
Napoleon Bonaparte – Scs. 9,11	Baritone	F
Sonya – Scs. 1,2,4,6	Mezzo-Soprano	S
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya – Sc.3	Mezzo-Soprano	S
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky – Sc. 3	Bass-Baritone	S
Dunyasha – Scs. 6,11,13	Soprano	S
Colonel Vasska Denisov – Scs. 7,8,13	Bass-Baritone	S
Tikhon Scherbatsky – Scs. 8,13	Bass	S
Fyodor – Scs. 8,13	Tenor	S
The Old Vasilisa – Scs. 8,13	Mezzo-Soprano	S
Matveyev – Scs. 8,11	Baritone	S
Madame Peronskaya – Sc.2	Soprano	S
Platon Karataev – Scs. 11,13	Tenor	S
Marshal Berthier – Sc. 9	Bass-Baritone	S
Host (at the ball) - Sc. 2	Tenor	B
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Balaga – Sc. 5	Bass	B
Matriosha – Sc. 5	Contralto	B
Metivier – Sc. 7	Baritone	B
Adjutant to General Compans – Sc. 9	Tenor	B
Adjutant to Marshal Murat – Sc. 9	Contralto	B
Adjutant to Prince Eugene – Sc. 9	Tenor	B
Monsieur de Beausset – Sc. 9	Tenor	B
General Bennigsen – Sc. 10	Bass	B
General Barclay de Tolly – Sc. 10	Tenor	B
General Yermolov – Sc. 10	Bass	B
General Rayevsky – Sc. 10	Baritone	B
Choir Leader (off-stage solo) – Sc. 10	Baritone	B (23meas.)
Captain Ramballe – Scs. 11,13	Bass	B
Lieutenant Bonnet – Scs. 11,13	Tenor	B
Jacque – Sc. 11	Bass	B
Gerard – Sc.11	Tenor	B
Young Factory Worker – Sc. 11	Tenor or Baritone	B
Shopkeeper – Sc. 11	Soprano	B
Mavra Kusminitchna – Sc. 11	Contralto	B
Ivanov – Sc. 11	Tenor	B
Marshal Davout – Sc. 11	Bass	B
A French Officer – Scs. 11,13	Baritone	B
Old Valet – (to Prince Bolkonsky) (No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)	Baritone	B (few lines)
Major-Domo (to Prince Bolkonsky) (No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)	Bass	B (few lines)
Housemaid (to Prince Bolkonsky) (No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)	Mezzo-Soprano	B (few lines)
Gavrilla (Akhrosimova’s butler) (No chorus on stage – Sc. 6)	Bass	B (few lines)
General Belliard – Sc. 9	Bass-Baritone	B
Adjutant to Kutuzov (Kaizarov) – Scs. 8,13	Tenor	B
Lackey (at the ball) – Sc. 2	Tenor	CB (5 meas.)
A French Abbe – Sc. 7	Tenor	CB (2 meas.)
Trishka – Sc. 8	Contralto	CB (5 meas.)
Two Prussian Generals (Klausewitz & Wolzogen) – Sc. 8	Speaking	CB
Orderly (to Prince Andrei) – Sc. 8	Tenor	CB (5 meas.)
Staff Officer #1 – Sc. 8	Tenor	CB (6 meas.)
Staff Officer #2 – Sc. 8	Bass-Baritone	CB (6 meas.)
Voice Off-Stage (orderly) – Sc. 9	Tenor (High)	CB (7 meas.)
Aid-De-Camp to Napoleon – Sc. 9	Bass	CB (6 meas.)
Konovnitsin (General) – Sc. 10	Tenor	CB (6 meas.)
First Madman – Sc. 11	Tenor	CB (20 meas.)
Second Madman – Sc. 11	Bass	CB (20 meas.)
Third Madman – Sc. 11	Actor (silent)	MB
First French Actress – Sc. 11	Soprano	CB (6 meas.)
Second French Actress – Sc. 11	Mezzo-Soprano	CB (7 meas.)
Voice Off-Stage – Sc. 13	Bass	CB (4 meas.)
Russian General I – Sc. 8	Speaking	CB
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Russian General II – Sc. 8	Speaking	CB
Tsar Alexander the First – Sc. 2	Silent Role
Marquis de Caulaincourt – Sc. 9	Silent Role

Minimum Chorus: 48

Divisi: SATB