Work Title
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The Maid of Orleans
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Alternative. Title
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Орлеанская дева Die Jungfrau von Orleans: Oper in vier Akten
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Name Translations
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Орлеанская дева; La Pucelo de Orleano (opero); A Dama de Orleans; Орлеанська діва (опера); La donzella d'Orleans; Az orléans-i szűz (opera); La Pucelle d'Orléans; La doncella de Orleans; La Pulzella d'Orléans; オルレアンの少女; Orleanska jungfrun; Die Jungfrau von Orléans; Panna orleánská (Čajkovskij)
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Name Aliases
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Orleanskaya Deva; Орлеанська Діва (опера); La Donzella d'Orleans; Orleanskaja deva; オルレアンの乙女; Das Mädchen von Orléans; Panna orleánská (opera); Panna orleánská
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 305991474; LCCN: n83182207; GND: 300033478; BNF: 13926700x
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Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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TH 6
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 55
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 acts, 6 scenes
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1878–79, revised 1880, 1882
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First Performance.
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1881-02-25 — St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
- Mariya Kamenskaya (Joan)
Mikhail Vasilyev III (King) Wilhelmina Raab (Agnes Sorel) Fyodor Stravinsky (Dunois) Ippolit Pryanishnikov (Lionel) Vladimir Maiboroda (Archbishop) Fyodor Sokolov (Raimond) Mikhail Koryakin (Thibaut) Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1880-81, 1884, 1899 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson
- Vocal score, 461 pages. Plates 3951 to 3974 (1880)
- Piano (arr. Langer, 1881)
- Vocal score (2nd edition, 1884)
- Full score, 707 pages. Plate 3950 (1899)
- Vocal score (3rd edition, 1899)
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Librettist
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Composer, after Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), Jules Barbier (1825–1901) and Auguste Mermet (1810–1889)
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Language
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Russian
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Dedication
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Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916)
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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156 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voices, chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Joan of Arc (Иоанна д'Арк) (soprano or mezzo-soprano)
King Charles VII (Король Карл VII) (tenor) Agnès Sorel (Агнесса Сорель) (soprano) Dunois (Дюнуа), a French knight (baritone) Lionel (Лионель), a Burgundian knight (baritone) Archbishop/Cardinal (Архиепископ/Кардинал) (bass) Raimond (Раймонд), Joan's fiancé (tenor) Thibaut d'Arc (Тибо д'Арк), Joan's father (bass) Bertrand (Бертран), a peasant (bass) Soldier (Воин) (2nd bass) Lauret (Лоре) (2nd bass) Angel (Ангел) (soprano)
- Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, triangle, tambourine, side drum, bass drum, tam-tam, bell, organ, harp, strings
- Offstage Instruments
- 3 trumpets, wind band
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External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article
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Extra Information
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The vocal score was also arranged by Tchaikovsky with Yosif Kotek and Yury Messer, 1879. In 1880 Tchaikovsky made minor revisions to the opera (incorporated into the 1884 edition of the vocal score, 1884) and in 1882 he transposed Joan's part from soprano to mezzo-soprano (first published in appendices to Jurgenson's full and vocal scores, 1899)
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