| The Gamblers | |
|---|---|
| Unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dmitri_Shostakovich_credit_Deutsche_Fotothek_adjusted.jpg) Dmitri Shostakovich in 1950 | |
| Native title | Russian: Игроки, romanized: Igroki |
| Librettist | Shostakovich |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol |
| Premiere | |
The Gamblers (Russian: Игроки, romanized: Igroki), Op. 63, is an unfinished opera, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1941/42 to his own libretto based on Nikolai Gogol's comedy The Gamblers (1842). The surviving first act lasts around 47 minutes.[1] Krzysztof Meyer realised a completion in German, Die Spieler, in 1981. Both versions were performed on stage and recorded.