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Radames

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Radames
Foreign language / English title
Radames
Subtitle
Chamber opera
Year of composition
1975
Type
Opera
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
Ct., Ms., T., B.Bar. solo - sax.s. - cor., tuba - pf.el. (played by the conductor)
Duration
35 min
Text
EÖTVÖS, Péter
Language
German / English / Italian
Commissioned by
WDR Cologne
Premiere information
5 March 1976, WDR Musik-Theater Festival, Cologne, Germany; Péter Eötvös (cond.)

29 December 1997, Castel Theater, Budapest; Gregory Vajda (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2015, 51931
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1976 - Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Sample available at www.eotvospeter.com)
Video recordings (Samples available at www.eotvospeter.com)
1 min. sample
1 Radames
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1975, revised: 1997

Libretto by Péter Eötvös, based on original texts by Antonio Ghislanzoni, András Jeles, László Najmányi and Manfred Niehaus

English version by Gregory Vajda

Cast:
Radames-Aida (Ct.)
Opera-director (Ms.)
Theater-director (T.)
Film-director (Bar.)

Revised: 1997