Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf
Symphonic Tale for Children
by Sergei Prokofiev
From left to right: Prokofiev, his sons Sviatoslav and Oleg, and his first wife Lina, c. 1936
Native nameПетя и волк
Opus67
Commissioned byNatalya Sats
TextSergei Prokofiev
Natalya Sats
LanguageRussian
Composed1936
DedicationNatalya Sats
Durationc. 27 minutes
Premiere
DateMay 2, 1936 (1936-05-02)
LocationLarge Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow, Russian SFSR
ConductorSergei Prokofiev
PerformersT. Bobrov (narrator)
Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society [ru]

Peter and the Wolf (Russian: Петя и волк, romanized: Pétya i volk, IPA: [ˈpʲetʲə i volk]) Op. 67 a "symphonic tale for children", is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, which the orchestra illustrates by using different instruments to play a "theme" that represents each character in the story.