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The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank / L´armoire magique - opera in 2 acts - version for chamber orchestra

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
A bűvös szekrény - Opera két felvonásban - kamarazenekari verzió
Foreign language / English title
The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank / L´armoire magique - opera in 2 acts - version for chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1984
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., Ms., A., T., Bar., B.Bar., B. - choir - fl., ob., cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
87 min
Text
KUNSZERY, Gyula
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
1984, Zürich, Opera Studio; Tamás Blum (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, on hire (score & performance material); Universal Edition, 11 390, © 1963 (piano reduction)
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Remarks, other info
Opera in 2 acts, version for chamber orchestra, based on a story from "Thousand and one nights"

Suleika (S.), der Kadi (B.Bar.), der Grossvezier (Bar.), der Mufti (B.), ein Schreinermeister (T.), 3 Odalisken (S., Ms., A.), 2 Amtsdiener, Schreinergesellen, Suleikas Nachbarn (choir)

German adaptation by Karlheinz Gutheim