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Erderschütterung, Op. 70 / Earthquake, Op. 70

Composer
Balassa Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Földindulás, Op. 70
Foreign language / English title
Erderschütterung, Op. 70 / Earthquake, Op. 70
Year of composition
2001
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
16 solo voices - children´s choir, mixed choir - 3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 4 tr., 4 trb., tuba - perc. - org., arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
150 min
Text
KODOLÁNYI, János; BALASSA, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
16 October 2015, CAFe Budapest Contemporary Art Festival, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1999 - 2001

Libretto by Sándor Balassa based on the play by János Kodolányi