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Narcissus and Echo

Composer
Vidovszky László
Original / Hungarian title
Nárcisz és Echo
Foreign language / English title
Narcissus and Echo
Subtitle
Opera in one act, in 21 scenes for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, female chorus and chamber ensemble
Year of composition
1981
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Narcissus: T., Echo-Lyriope: A., Nymph-Kephis: S., Grave-digger: B. - Nymphs: female choir (S-Ms-A) - cl., tr. - perc. (I esec.: trg., xil., campli., ptti., side drum, camp., gr.c., tom-tom, tam-tam, tmb.picc.c.c.) - pf. - strings: vl. solo, vlc. solo
Duration
24 min
Movements, parts
One act, 21 short scenes
Text
UNGVÁRNÉMETI TÓTH, László; MELLER, Ágnes; RÁCZ, Judit;
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
28 October 1981, Budapest; János Bándi, Erzsébet Erdélyi, Tamara Takács, János Tóth, Jenuesses Musicales Chamber Choir, Gábor Ugrin (leader), László Gy. Kiss (cl.), Albin Kiss (tr.), Péter Cser (perc.), Péter Nagy (pf.), Tamás Rónaszéki (vl.), Zoltán Szabó (vlc.) (Concert performance)

1 March 1988, Budapest; János Bándi, Erzsébet Erdélyi, Katalin Gémes, János Tóth, Tomkins Vocal Group, János Dobra (leader), Chamber Ensemble of the Mozart Club, Ádám Huszti (cond.), András Kécza (dir.) (Staged performance)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2013, Z. 12778 and V-10 (On hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Opera-film, Hungarian Television, Directed by János Szikora (Excerpt available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1980 - 1981, revised: 2013

Libretto by Ágnes Meller and Judit Rácz based on the play "Narcissus" by László Ungvárnémeti Tóth