Semyon Kotko

Semyon Kotko
Opera by Sergei Prokofiev
The composer c. 1918
Native title
Russian: Семён Котко
Librettist
LanguageRussian
Based onKatayev's novel I, Son of Working People
Premiere
23 June 1940 (1940-06-23)

Semyon Kotko (Russian: Семён Котко), Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev's 1937 novel I, Son of Working People (Russian: Я, сын трудового народа…). It was premiered on 23 June 1940 at the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre in Moscow.