Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Crime and Punishment, Op. 19


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Bűn és bűnhődés, Op. 19
Foreign language / English title
Crime and Punishment, Op. 19
Subtitle
Opera in three acts
Year of composition
1968

Type
Opera
Duration
135 min

Text
DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor Mikhailovich, MAÁR, Gyula
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
26 October 1969, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; András Kórodi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Artisjus (piano)
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 12306-08, 1980 - László Polgár, Ilona Tokody, Rózsi Delly, Ferenc Szőnyi, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Choir, Tamás Koncz (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Gyula Maár after Fyodor Dostoevsky´s novel