Works & Process: Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi

Prokofiev’s *Peter and the Wolf* is a narrated concert-ballet built on clear musical identities: each character is traced by a specific instrument, letting the orchestra carry the storytelling as much as the text. At the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the work is presented as dance, with narration by Isaac Mizrahi alongside Prokofiev’s score. Long familiar to New York audiences through school programs and major concert halls, it remains a concise lesson in how choreography can translate musical character into action. One of its strengths is its plain, almost didactic clarity.