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opera by Prokofiev

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In Sergey Prokofiev: Soviet period of Sergey Prokofiev
…based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace. He was fascinated by the parallels between 1812, when Russia crushed Napoleon’s invasion, and the then-current situation. The first version of the opera was completed by the summer of 1942, but subsequently the work was fundamentally revised, a task that occupied more…
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Russian opera

In opera: Russian opera
…most ambitious is the massive War and Peace (1946; Voyna i mir, libretto by the composer and Mendelson), which has been successfully revived since the late 20th century.
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