Composition database

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.

Title of the work

Savitri, Op. 217


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szávitri, Op. 217
Foreign language / English title
Savitri, Op. 217
Subtitle
Opera in 3 Acts
Year of composition
1988

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
voice soli - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
150 min

Text
ILLÉS, Endre; SZOKOLAY, Sándor; WELTLER, Ödön
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
25 January 1999, Thália Theater, Budapest; Tünde Frankó, Attila B. Kiss, János Miller János, Ferenc Valter, László Paál, Jolán Sánta, Katalin Benei, Csaba Airizer, Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House, Géza Oberfrank (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Legend Art Publishing
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Remarks, other info
Libretto based on the novel by Endre Illés