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Opera by Mieczysław Weinberg

The Idiot
Opera by Mieczysław Weinberg
Language	Russian
Based on	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Premiere	9 May 2013 (2013-05-09) National Theatre Mannheim

The Idiot (Russian: Идиот, romanized: Idiot; Op.144, 1985), is a Russian-language opera by Mieczysław Weinberg after Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1869 novel of the same name. The piece was given its world premiere at the National Theatre Mannheim, on 9 May 2013, conducted by Thomas Sanderling, followed by a recording on Pan Classics.

References

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik: 2005 Volume 166 - Page 44 "So komponierte Gleb Sedelnikow eine reizvolle Kammeroper für zwei Sänger nach Dostojewskis Briefroman „Arme Leute" und Mieczyslaw Weinberg verdichtete den Roman „Der Idiot" zu einem Opernvierakter in zehn Bildern.

v t e Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot (1869)
Characters	Prince Myshkin Nastasya Filippovna
Films	Wandering Souls (1921) The Idiot (1946) The Idiot (1951) The Idiot (1958) L'Amour braque (1985) Idiot (1992) The Idiot Returns (1999) Down House (2001) The Idiot (2011)
Television	The Idiot (2003)
Opera	The Idiot (1985) Der Idiot (1986/87)

v t e Mieczysław Weinberg
List of compositions
Operas	The Passenger (1968) The Madonna and the Soldier (1970) The Love of d'Artagnan (1971) Congratulations! (1975) Lady Magnesia (1975) The Portrait (1980) The Idiot (1985)
Chorus and orchestra	Requiem (1997)
Symphony	Symphony No. 21 (1991)
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