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Lysistrata, Op. 19

Composer
Lajtha László
Original / Hungarian title
Lysistrata, Op. 19
Foreign language / English title
Lysistrata, Op. 19
Subtitle
Ballet en un acte / Ballet in one act
Year of composition
1933
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (campli., gong) - cel., arpa - strings
Duration
46 min
Movements, parts
One act
Text
LAJTHA, László; ÁPRILY, Lajos (based on ARISTOPHANES)
Premiere information
25 February 1937, Royal Opera House, Budapest; Lysistrata: Piroska Tutsek, Myrrhene: Bella Bordy, Kinesias: Gyula Harangozó, Athenian girl: Ilona Vera, Athenian combatant: Ferenc Kőszeghy, Spartan girl: Melinda Ottrubay, Lampitro: Irén Mátray, First Spartan young man: Rezső Brada, Second Spartan young man: Zoltán Sallay, A faun: Károly Zsedényi, scene and costume: Zoltán Fülöp, Rezső Brada (choreography), Gusztáv Oláh (dir.), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Alphonse Leduc, Paris
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Remarks, other info
to the libretto by László Lajtha and Lajos Áprily after Aristophanes
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lajtha, László: Orchestral Works Vol. 6 Marco Polo (Naxos)