Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)

Le Fils prodigue (1928 -1929)

ballet in three tableaux

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1928 - 1929
    • Duration: 35 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 46
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Scénario : Boris Kochno

Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussionist, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 May 1929
    Location:

    France, Paris, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt


    Performers:

    les Ballets Russes, Roger Desormière, direction, Georges Balanchine, chorégraphies.