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Title of the work

Blood Wedding, Op. 54

Composer
Szokolay Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Vérnász, Op. 54
Foreign language / English title
Blood Wedding, Op. 54
Subtitle
Opera in 3 Acts
Year of composition
1964
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
6 S., 3 Ms., 2 T., 3 Bar., B.Bar, 2 B. - choir, children´s choir - orchestra
Duration
106 min
Text
LORCA, Federico Garcia
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
31 October 1964, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Erzsébet Házy, Stefánia Moldován, Irén Szecsődy, Margit Szilvássy, Éva Andor (S.), Eszter Kovács (Ms.), Erzsébet Komlóssy, Anita Szabó, Zsuzsa Barlay (A.), Ferenc Szőnyi, Sándor Palcsó (T.), András Faragó, Lajos Katona, Gábor Kerekes, László Nagypál (Bar.), József Bódy, Endre Várhely (B.), Children´s Chorus Of The Hungarian Radio And Television, Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera House, Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera House, András Kórodi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Legend Art Publishing
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Recordings
Qualiton LPX 1262-63, 1966 - Erzsébet Házy, Stefánia Moldován, Irén Szecsődy, Margit Szilvássy, Éva Andor (S.), Eszter Kovács (Ms.), Erzsébet Komlóssy, Anita Szabó, Zsuzsa Barlay (A.), Ferenc Szőnyi, Sándor Palcsó (T.), András Faragó, Lajos Katona, Gábor Kerekes, László Nagypál (Bar.), József Bódy, Endre Várhely (B.), Children´s Chorus Of The Hungarian Radio And Television, Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera House, Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera House, András Kórodi (cond.)
Hungaroton SLPX 11262-63,1989 - Erzsébet Házy, Stefánia Moldován, Irén Szecsődy, Margit Szilvássy, Éva Andor (S.), Eszter Kovács (Ms.), Erzsébet Komlóssy, Anita Szabó, Zsuzsa Barlay (A.), Ferenc Szőnyi, Sándor Palcsó (T.), András Faragó, Lajos Katona, Gábor Kerekes, László Nagypál (Bar.), József Bódy, Endre Várhely (B.), Children´s Chorus Of The Hungarian Radio And Television, Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera House, Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera House, András Kórodi (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD-11262-63, 2005 - Erzsébet Házy, Stefánia Moldován, Irén Szecsődy, Margit Szilvássy, Éva Andor (S.), Eszter Kovács (Ms.), Erzsébet Komlóssy, Anita Szabó, Zsuzsa Barlay (A.), Ferenc Szőnyi, Sándor Palcsó (T.), András Faragó, Lajos Katona, Gábor Kerekes, László Nagypál (Bar.), József Bódy, Endre Várhely (B.), Children´s Chorus Of The Hungarian Radio And Television, Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera House, Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera House, András Kórodi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1962 - 1964

Based on the drama by Federico Garcia Lorca

Hungarian translation by Gyula Illyés