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Sonnenfinsternis / Solar Eclipse

Composer
Sári József
Original / Hungarian title
Sonnenfinsternis / Napfogyatkozás
Foreign language / English title
Sonnenfinsternis / Solar Eclipse
Subtitle
Opera in two parts
Year of composition
2000
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
voice soli - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
120 min
Movements, parts
I. rész / Teil I. / Part I.

1914
Tanúk padja /Zeugenstand / Witness stand
A japán kávéház / Café Japan
Az ökörszem / Der Zaunkönig / The wren
A cella / Die Zelle / The cell
A világ múlandó / Die Welt ist flüchtig / The world is fleeting
Halálraítéltek cellája / Todeszelle / Cell on the death row

II. rész / Teil II. / Part II.

A kihallgatás / Das Verhör / The interrogation
A határátlépő / Der Grenzgänger / The cross-border commuter
Mamaine és az új óvilág / Mamaine und die neue alte Welt / Mamaine and the new old world
A távoli ország / Das weite Land / The distant country
Text
GUTJAHR, Elisabeth
Language
German / Hungarian
Premiere information
4 May 2000, Stadttheater, Pforzheim, Germany; Klaus Geber, Lilian Huynen, Martin Koch (voice), Choir and Orchestra of the Opera House, Jari Hämäläinen (cond.)

28 November 2009, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Béla Perencz, Balázs Tassonyi, András Palerdi, Lajos Geiger, Zoltán Nyári, Tivadar Kiss, Géza Gábor, János Tóth, Júlia Hajnóczy, Atala Schöck, Annamária Kovács, Gabriella Fodor (voice), Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House, Géza Köteles (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1999 - 2000

Libretto by Elisabeth Gutjahr, after the novel "Sonnenfinsternis" by Arthur Koestler

Hungarian translation by Lajos Csákovics