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Title of the work

Der Tenor, Op. 34 / The Tenor, Op. 34

Composer
Dohnányi Ernő
Original / Hungarian title
Der Tenor, Op. 34 / A tenor, Op. 34
Foreign language / English title
Der Tenor, Op. 34 / The Tenor, Op. 34
Subtitle
Komische Oper in drei Akten / Comic opera in three acts
Year of composition
1927
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., Ms., 3 T., 3 Bar., B. - 2 fl., (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.s., cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., tr., trb., tuba - timp., perc. - pf. (anche cel.), arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb. - Stage Music: 2 bell - pf.
Duration
100 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Text
GÓTH, Ernő; STERNHEIM, Carl
Language
German / Hungarian / English
Premiere information
9 February 1929, Opera House, Budapest; Lajos Laurisin (T.)

1973, Hungarian Television; Sándor Kónya, Zsolt Bende, Magda Kalmár, Zsuzsa Barlay, Attila Fülöp, Demeter Marczis, József Gregor, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)

14 September 2014, Erkel Theater, Budapest; Lajos Geiger (Bar.), László Szvétek (Bar.), Mária Farkasréti (Ms.), Adrienn Miksch (S.), János Szerekován (T.), András Kiss (B.), Attila Fekete (T.), Gábor Csiki (T.), Zsolt Molnár (Bar.), Gergely Vajda (cond.), András Almási-Tóth (dir.)
Publisher / Source
Alberti, Berlin (lith. score)

Octava Music Rózsavölgyi & Co. 1928, R.ésT.4770 (pf., voc. score) (Available at the Budapest Music Center´s Music Library Octava Music 1968, DU72930
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Recordings
Hungarian Television 1973 (Adapted version)
Hungarian Radio 2014 (Live recording of the premiere in 2014)
OperaTrezor CD 2016 (Live recording of the premiere in 2014)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1920 - 1927

After Carl Sternheim´s comedy "Bürger Schippel" (Citizen Schippel)
Hungarian translation by Zsolt Harsányi
English translation by Geoffrey Dunn

Adaptation for the Hungarian TV in 1973, directed by Ádám Horváth

Hungarian translation by Tamás Blum