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Barbie Blue

Composer
Vajda Gergely
Original / Hungarian title
Barbie Blue
Foreign language / English title
Barbie Blue
Subtitle
Opera in one act
Year of composition
2006
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Ms. (dramatic), B.Bar. (or high B.) - 3 actor (silent characters) - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba – timp., perc. (4 esec. - I: 3 ptti., 2 trg.; II: gr.c., tam-tam, camp., cmpc., ratchet; III: campli., camp., cmpc., guiro, felx.; IV: vibr., vibraslap, slide whistle, 3 wood bl.), arpa - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 10 vlc., 8 cb.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. Prolouge - Orchestra / Prológus - Zenekar
2. Scene I / I. jelenet
3. Scene II / II. jelenet
4. Scene III / III. jelenet
5. Scene IV / IV. jelenet
6. Scene V / V. jelenet
7. Scene VI / VI. jelenet
8. Scene VII / VII. jelenet
9. Conclusion / Konklúzió
Text
ALMÁSI-TÓTH, András
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
10 October 2009, Studio 6, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Dóra Érsek (S.), Róbert Rezsnyák (Bar.), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
BMC CD 202, 2012 - Dóra Érsek (S.), Róbert Rezsnyák (Bar.), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Prolouge - Orchestra
2 2. Scene I
3 3. Scene II
4 4. Scene III
5 5. Scene IV
6 6. Scene V
7 7. Scene VI
8 8. Scene VII
9 9. Conclusion
Remarks, other info
Libretto by András Almási-Tóth based on Anatole France´s short story "Les Sept Femmer de la Barbe-Bleue" and Béla Balázs´s libretto for "Bleubeard´s Castle"
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Gergely Vajda: Barbie Blue; Gulliver in Faremido; Conversations with Children BMC Records