The Gamblers
... that in The Gamblers, Shostakovich tried to set Gogol's play word for word but gave up after one act, and Krzysztof Meyer completed the opera decades later?
... that in <i id="mwBFE"><b id="mwBFI"><a href="./The_Gamblers_(Shostakovich)" id="mwBFM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Gamblers (Shostakovich)">The Gamblers</a></b></i>, Shostakovich tried to set <a class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" href="./The_Gamblers_(play)" id="mwBFQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Gamblers (play)">Gogol's play</a> word for word but gave up after one act, and <a href="./Krzysztof_Meyer" id="mwBFU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Krzysztof Meyer">Krzysztof Meyer</a> completed the opera decades later?