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Tartuffe

Composer
Kósa György
Original / Hungarian title
Tartuffe
Foreign language / English title
Tartuffe
Subtitle
Opera buffa in three acts
Year of composition
1951
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
voice soli - orchestra
Duration
0 min
Text
MOLIÉRE
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1952, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Magda Tisza, Oszkár Maleczky, Kornélia Lorenz, János Kassai, Judit Sándor, György Littasy, Miklós Szabó, Stella Kósa, Pál Fekete (voice), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Polgár (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1952 - Magda Tisza, Oszkár Maleczky, Kornélia Lorenz, János Kassai, Judit Sándor, György Littasy, Miklós Szabó, Stella Kósa, Pál Fekete (voice), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Polgár (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the theatrical comedy by Moliére

Hungarian translation by Ferenc Jankovich and György Kósa