General information
Title CZŽaloba proti neznámému
Subtitle CZopera o třech dějstvích
Title ENAccusation Against the Unknown
Subtitle ENopera in three acts
Title DEAnklage gegen Unbekannt
Subtitle DEOper in drei Aufzügen
Title FRPlainte contre inconnu
Subtitle FRopéra en trois actes
CategoryStage Works and Film Music
SubcategoryOperas
Halbreich number344
Parts of the composition (movements)Overture (Andante); 1st scene (Prascovie, procurator); 2nd scene (Prascovie, procurator, Dora Tambov, Michel Tambov, Plouchkin, Kopak); 3rd scene (unfinished; Prascovie, procurator, Dora Tambov, Michel Tambov, Plouchkin, Kopak).
Durata29' 45''
Instruments3232-4231-Timp-Batt-Pf-Archi
List of charactersPrascovie (mS), procurator (B, Bar), Dora Tambov (S), Michel Tambov (T), Plouchkin (B), Kopak (T), Pacha (S), woman (A), chorus
Origin
Place of compositionNice
Year of origin1953
First performance
Performer Barová, Anna
Holešovský, Jiří
Krejčík, Vladimír
Nosek, Václav
Novák, Rudolf
Ungrová, Markéta
Date of the first performance01.12.1980
Location of the first performanceBrno
Note on the first performanceVáclav Nosek (cond.), Anna Barová (Prascovie), Rudolf Novák (procurator), Markéta Ungrová (Dora Tambov), Vladimír Krejčík (Michel Tambov), Jan Hladík (Plouchkin), Jiří Holešovský (Kopak)
Ensemble Národní divadlo Brno
Autograph deposition
Note on the autograph depostitionAutograph missing. *** Facsimile of the autograph score's torso, fragmentary autograph piano reduction and sketches (2 pages) located in the archive of the Czech Music Fund. *** Draft of the autograph libretto held by the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička.
Copyright
CopyrightSchott Music Panton, Prague
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Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
Note Libretto (in French) by B. Martinů after Georges Neveux's eponymous play. *** Unfinished. Only concert premiere, scenic performance hasn´t taken place yet. *** Date of origin according to the J. Mihule's monograph: Autumn 1953.
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