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Title of the work

The Giant Baby

Composer
Vajda Gergely
Original / Hungarian title
Az óriáscsecsemő
Foreign language / English title
The Giant Baby
Subtitle
For 4 singers, 3 part choir (3, 6 or 9 singing puppet actors) & chamber ensemble
Year of composition
2001
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
A., Ct., T., B. (or: Ms.) - mixed choir (3 part) - fl. (anche picc., fl.a.), sax.a. (anche sax.s. / sax.t.), trb., perc., synth., cb., cd-player, actors (min. 7)
Duration
70 min
Text
DÉRY, Tibor; VAJDA, Gergely; HORVÁTH, Péter
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Budapest Autumn Festival, Budapest Puppet Theatre
Premiere information
3 November 2002, Budapest Autumn Festival, Budapest Puppet Theatre; Gergely Vajda (cond.)

2018, Armel Festival, Vienna (Revised version)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Libretto written after Tibor Déry´s novel by Gergely Vajda

Revised: 2017 - 2018, 2019