May 2, 1936 –
Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by The Central Children’s Theatre of Moscow to create a symphonic tale for children. Peter and the Wolf had its world premiere in Moscow on this date.
Prokofiev felt, in his own words, the work had an inauspicious opening at best: “…[attendance] was poor and failed to attract much attention.”
If you listen very carefully you’d hear the duck quacking inside the wolf’s belly, because the wolf in his hurry had swallowed her alive.
The Haus of Dcaligari 