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East Side Story - Opera in two act

Composer
Faragó Béla
Original / Hungarian title
East Side Story - Opera két felvonásban
Foreign language / English title
East Side Story - Opera in two act
Dedication
to the Memory of the 1956 Revolution in Hungary
Year of composition
2000
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., Boy S., A., 2 T., Bar., B. solo - mixed choir - fl. (anche picc., fl.a.), ob. (anche c.ing.), cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. - cor., tr., trb. - perc. - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
82 min
Text
GÉM, György
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian State Opera House
Premiere information
23 October 2000, Bárka Színház (Ark Theatre), Budapest Autumn Festival; Katalin Pitti (S.), Eszter Kővári (S.), Tamás Rózsa (S.), Katalin Mészöly (A.), Simon Somorjai (T.), Gábor Kállay (T.), Tamás Szüle (Bar.), János Tóth (B.), East Side Chamber Chorus, Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 2000 (Recording of the premiere) - Katalin Pitti (S.), Eszter Kővári (S.), Tamás Rózsa (S.), Katalin Mészöly (A.), Simon Somorjai (T.), Gábor Kállay (T.), Tamás Szüle (Bar.), János Tóth (B.), East Side Chamber Chorus, Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Hungarian Television, 2000 (Film recording of the premiere)) - Katalin Pitti (S.), Eszter Kővári (S.), Tamás Rózsa (S.), Katalin Mészöly (A.), Simon Somorjai (T.), Gábor Kállay (T.), Tamás Szüle (Bar.), János Tóth (B.), East Side Chamber Chorus, Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.)