Prokofiev, Sergei

Sergey Prokofiev – The Tale of the Stone Flower Op. 118

(b. Sonzovka, Gvt. Yekaterinoslav, 11/23 April 1891 – d. Moskow, 5 March 1953)

(1948-50/ additions in 1951-52)

Ballet in four Tableaux after the Fairy Tale Collection ”The Malachite Casket” (1939) by Pavel Bashov (1879-1950) on a scenario by Sergey Prokofiev, Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva, and Leonid Lavrovsk

Prologue
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (p. 13) – Danila and his Work (p. 23)

Act I
First Tableau
Danila in Search of the Flower (p. 33) – Danila meets his Fellow Villagers (p. 39) – Scene and Lyric Duet. Katerina and Danila (p. 45) – Intermezzo. Severyan and the Workers (p. 58)
Second Tableau
Khorovod. Round Dance (p. 67) – Katerinas bids Farewell to her Friends (p. 87) – Maidens’ Dance (p. 92) – Danila’s Dance (p. 108) – Dance of the Unmarried Men (p. 113) – Severyan’s Arrival (p. 132) – Dispute about the Stone Flower (p. 141) – Lyric Scene. Katerina and Danila (p. 159) – Danila’s Thoughts (p. 164)
Third Tableau
Danila is enticed away by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain (p. 175)

Act II
Fourth Tableau
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain shows Danila the Treasures of the Earth (p. 205) – Duet. The Mistress and Danila: First Temptation (p. 211) – Waltz of the Diamonds and Scene: Second Temptation (p. 232) – Dance of the Russian Gemstones: Third Temptation (p. 255) – Waltz (p. 274) – Danila’s Monologue and the Mistress’s Answer (p. 294) – The Mistress shows Danila the Stone Flower (p. 299) –
Severyan and the Workers. The Mistress’s Warning (p. 309)
Fifth Tableau, in Prokopich’s Hut, where Ketarina lives now
Katerina’s Scene and Dance, in Thoughts about Danila (p. 320) – Severyan’s Arrival (p. 334) – Where are you, Danilushka? (p. 343) – The Appearance of the Mistress and Katerina’s Joy (p. 345)

Act III
Sixth Tableau — The Fair
Ural Rhapsody (p. 7) – Intermezzo II (p. 64) – Russian Dance (p. 100)
Seventh Tableau
Gypsy Dance (p. 136) – Severyan’s Dance (p. 153) – Solo of the Gypsy Maiden and general Coda (p. 162) – Katerina’s Entry and Severyan’s Act of Violence (p. 174) – The Mistress’s Entry and Scene: Severyan is Rooted to the Spot (p. 184) – Severyan pursues the Mistress (p. 190) – Severyan’s Death (p. 209)

Act IV
Eighth Tableau – Inside the Copper Mountain
Katerina sits by the fire and yearns for Danila (p. 219) – Katerina’s Scene and Dance with Ognevushka-Poskakushka (p. 224) – Katerina folgt Ognevushhka-Poskakushka (p. 239)
Ninth Tableau
Dialogue of Katerina and the Mistress (p. 246) – Danila Turned to Stone (p. 255) – Joyful Reunion of Katerina and Danila (p. 266) – The Mistress of the Copper Mountain gives presents to Katerina and Danila (p. 287)

Epilogue (p. 300)

PREFACE
In addition to his works for solo piano and orchestral works primarily intended for the concert hall (including his frequently performed solo concertos), the genre in which Prokofiev enjoyed his greatest success was ballet. Chamber music, songs, choral works and even operas play a less spectacular role. It all began with ’Ala and Lolly’, the Scythian Suite, Op. 20, from 1914, in which Prokofiev revealed the radically bizarre and archaically overwhelming sides of his nature in full bloom for the first time. …

 

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