Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Dmitri Shostakovich
Moscow, Cheryomushki (Chamber Orchestra version) (1959)
- G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)
G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.
Gerard McBurney
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- chorus
- 2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, 3 Baritones, Bass, singing actress, singing actor, 4 Sopranos, 3 Mezzo Sopranos, 2 Tenors, 2 Basses
- 2 hr 40 min
- Libretto by V. Massa and M. Chervinsky, English version by David Pountney
- English
- 20th February 2025, Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, New York, NY, United States of America
- 21st February 2025, Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, New York, NY, United States of America
Programme Note
Synopsis:
In late 1950s Moscow, a smart new block of apartments has been built and everyone is desperate to live there. Newly-weds Sasha and Masha, Lidochka Baburov with her friend Boris, an explosives expert and chauffeur Sergei and his crane-driving girlfriend Lyusya all dream of having a place of their own. While keys are withheld from their rightful owners, Lyusya lifts Boris and Lidochka up to their new home in her crane. And as Sasha and Masha host a house-warming party, government official Drebednyov, who illegally plans to knock two apartments into one for his ambitious new wife, comes bursting through the neighbouring wall. But the residents find away of exposing all the corruption and the wrong-doers are defeated, leaving everyone else to live happily ever after.
In late 1950s Moscow, a smart new block of apartments has been built and everyone is desperate to live there. Newly-weds Sasha and Masha, Lidochka Baburov with her friend Boris, an explosives expert and chauffeur Sergei and his crane-driving girlfriend Lyusya all dream of having a place of their own. While keys are withheld from their rightful owners, Lyusya lifts Boris and Lidochka up to their new home in her crane. And as Sasha and Masha host a house-warming party, government official Drebednyov, who illegally plans to knock two apartments into one for his ambitious new wife, comes bursting through the neighbouring wall. But the residents find away of exposing all the corruption and the wrong-doers are defeated, leaving everyone else to live happily ever after.