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The five last scenes, Op. 42

Composer
Bozay Attila
Original / Hungarian title
Az öt utolsó szín, Op. 42
Foreign language / English title
The five last scenes, Op. 42
Subtitle
Opera in 3 acts
Year of composition
1999
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
18 voice soli - mixed choir, boys´ choir - orchestra
Duration
0 min
Text
MADÁCH, Imre; BOZAY, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
21 October 2000, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; Attila B. Kiss, Mónika González, Attila Réti, Csaba Airizer, László Bárány-Paál, József Pető, Antal Pataki, Ferenc Gerdesits, Judit Németh, Katalin Mészöly, Gábor Németh, László Szvétek, István Berczelly, Erzsébet Pelle, Bence Asztalos, Gábor Csiki, Zsolt Molnár, Ildikó Cserna, Gábor Jenny, Lúcia Megyesi-Schwartz, Gábor Csiki, Zoltán G. Tóth, Imre Ambrus, Attila Bura, Imre Szilágyi, Géza Klucsik (vocie), dancers, choir and orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1998 - 1999

Libretto by the composer, based on the five last scenes of the play "Az Ember tragédiája" (The Tragedy of Man) by Imre Madách

Premiere directed by Gábor Miklós Kerényi

Winner composition of the Millennium Opera Competition of the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest

Orchestrated by Zoltán Kovács (Act I), Zsófia Tallés (Act II), and Gyula Fekete (Act III.)