Semyon Kotko
opera by Prokofiev
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Semyon Kotko is an opera by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev. Composed in 1939, it is set during the Russian Civil War in Ukraine and depicts events of that conflict.1
Prokofiev wrote several operas throughout his career, with Semyon Kotko being one of his Soviet-period works. His operas often blended modern musical styles with more conservative elements, as required by the Soviet Union at the time. Other notable operas by Prokofiev include The Love for Three Oranges and War and Peace.2
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