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Lysistraté, Op. 12

Composer
Petrovics Emil
Original / Hungarian title
Lysistraté, Op. 12
Foreign language / English title
Lysistraté, Op. 12
Subtitle
Comic concert opera in one act
Year of composition
1962
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., Ms., T. soli - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
43 min
Movements, parts
I.
1. A háború gondja a nőké
2. Vita a háborúról
3. A nők esküje
4. A férfiak nyomorúsága
5. Verekedés a Fellegvár előtt
6. Férfi kellene

II.
7. Fohász
8. Kuplé a női nemről
9. Finálé
10. A férfiak nyomorúsága

III. 11. Lysistraté bevonulása
12. Jöjj Csatabontó
13. Epigramma
14. Finálé
Text
ARISTOPHANES; DEVECSERI, Gábor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
National Theater Miskolc (Original version)

Hungarian Radio (Revised, final version)
Premiere information
1962, National Theater, Miskolc, Hungary; (Original version)

5 December 1962, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Judit Sándor, Margit László, József Réti

3 November 1971, Opera House, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 4486
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 11810, 1977 - Veronika Kincses (S.), Magda Kalmár (Ms.), Sándor Palcsó (T.), Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and Choir, György Lehel (cond.) Hungarian Television, 1988 (Opera film) - Mária Zempléni, Katalin Farkas, Dénes Gulyás, Dance Ensemble of the Folk Theater, Debrecen Kodály Choir, Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House, Emil Petrovics (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1958, revised 1961-1962

Based on the comedy by Aritsophanes

Hungarian translation by Gábor Devecseri