The Bolt Ballet Suite Shostakovich

The Bolt, Op. 27, is a ballet music score written by Dmitri Shostakovich between 1930 and 1931. The score is for a fulllength ballet with three Bolt, Op. 27, is a ballet music score written by Dmitri Shostakovich between 1930 and 1931. The score is for a fulllength ballet with three acts and seven scenes, with a libretto by Vladimir Smirnov. It premiered on 8 April 1931, at the Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad, and choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov. Shostakovich composed a suite from the ballet, Op. 27a, with 8 movements: Overture (Introduction) The Bureaucrat (Polka) The Drayman s Dance (Variations) Koelkov s Dance with Friends (Tango) Intermezzo The Dance of the Colonial SlaveGirl The Appeaser General Dance and Apotheosis Композиция The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Overture Исполнитель Theodore Kuchar National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Альбом Shostakovich: Jazz Ballet Suites, Film Music Композиция The Bolt,