Premiere:
23 May 1959
"Mosfilm" studios with scenario by Anna Abramova, Dmitri Shostakovich and Vera Stroeva. Orchestra conducted by Yevgeni Svetlanov. Stage version: 25 November 1960, Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad, directed by Leonid Baratov and conducted by Sergei Yeltsin.