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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.

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Title of the work

Ivas Turm, Op. 30 / Iva´s Tower, Op. 30

Composer
Dohnányi Ernő
Original / Hungarian title
Ivas Turm, Op. 30 / A vajda tornya, Op. 30
Foreign language / English title
Ivas Turm, Op. 30 / Iva´s Tower, Op. 30
Subtitle
Romantic opera in three acts
Year of composition
1922
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., Ms., 3 T., Bar., 2 B. - orchestra
Duration
142 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Text
EWERS, Hanns Heinz; HENRY, Marc; LÁNYI, Viktor
Language
German / Hungarian
Premiere information
18 March 1922, Hungarian Royal Opera House, Budapest; István Kerner (cond.)

22 April 2003, Erkel Theater, Budapest; Csaba Airizer, Viktor Massányi, Tünde Frankó, Éva Balatoni, János Bándi, Dániel Vadász, Ferenc Gerdesits, Balázs Hantos, Orchestra of the Hungarian State opera House, István Dénes (cond.), Viktor Nagy (dir.)
Publisher / Source
Rózsavölgyi & Co. 1925, R.ésTsa4274 (Piano reduction. Available at the Budapest Music Center´s library)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Television, 2003 (Recording of the 2003 premiere. Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1915 - 1922

Adaptation and hungarian translation by Viktor Lányi