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Title of the work

Le Chapeau Bleu, Op. 51 / The Blue Hat, Op. 51

Composer
Lajtha László
Original / Hungarian title
Le Chapeau Bleu, Op. 51 / A kék kalap, Op. 51
Foreign language / English title
Le Chapeau Bleu, Op. 51 / The Blue Hat, Op. 51
Subtitle
Opera-Bouffe en Deux Actes / Opéra buffa in two acts
Year of composition
1950
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., 1 Ms., 1 A., 3 T., 2 Bar., 2 B. solo - 2 fl., picc., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., crnt., 3 trb., tuba. - perc., cel., 2 arpa - strings
Duration
105 min
Text
MADARIAGA, Salvador de
Language
French / Hungarian
Premiere information
30 June 1990, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; György Selmeczi (cond.)

26 February 1998, Kolozsvár (Cluj, Romania); György Selmeczi (cond.), József Katona Zs. (dir.) (stage premiere)
Publisher / Source
Unpublished (© Ildikó Lajtha)
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 15 December 1989 - Sylvie: Mária Ardó (S.); Florinette: Ingrid Kertesi (S.); Violette: Jutta Bokor (Ms.); Coraline: Éva Pánczél (A.); Lélio: János Bándi (T.); Léandre: József Hormai (T.); Cassandre: Attila Fülöp (T.); Le Docteur: János Tóth (Bar.); Le Notaire: Tamás Szüle (B.); L´Épaulette: János Martin (Bar.); Scapin: György Bordás (B.); Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Selmeczi (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Act 1/a
2 Act 1/b
3 Act 2/a
4 Act 2/b
Remarks, other info
To the libretto by Salvador de Madariaga (original French version)

Hungarian translations by Frigyes Róna and László Dalos

Orchestration completed by Ferenc Farkas