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Title of the work

A gentleman from Venice, Casanova / Un seigneur de Venise, Casanova / Ein Herr aus Venedig, Casanova

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Egy úr Velencéből, Casanova
Foreign language / English title
A gentleman from Venice, Casanova / Un seigneur de Venise, Casanova / Ein Herr aus Venedig, Casanova
Subtitle
Opera in two acts
Year of composition
1980
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Casanova (Bar.), Comte of Parma (B.), Francisca, his wife (S.), Balbi (T. buffo), a woman from Toscana (Ms.), the captain (Bar.), the inn keeper (Bar.), Figaro (T.), Pierrot (T.), Pierrette (S.), 1st masked woman (S.), Teresa (S.), 2nd masked woman (Ms.), 3rd masked woman (A.), Mensch (T.) - fl., ob., cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb. - timp., perc. - arpa, pf. (anche cel.) - vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
120 min
Movements, parts
2 acts
Text
MÁRAI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
4 June 1991, Budapest, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; János Kovács (cond.), László Vámos (stage dir.), Attila Csikós (stage design), Márk Tivadar (costumes)
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score & piano reduction); Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest (performance material)
Remarks, other info
Synopsis: Bolzano, 1756. Casanova, escaping from the lead chambers of Venice meets the Comte of Parma and his former love, Francesca.