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Vidróczki - Romantic Folk Opera (1st version for the theater)

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Vidróczki - Romantikus népopera (Első színházi verzió)
Foreign language / English title
Vidróczki - Romantic Folk Opera (1st version for the theater)
Subtitle
In three acts
Year of composition
1964
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Vidróczki (B.Bar.), Eszter (Ms.), Harkányi Erzsébet (S.), Kiss Anna (S.), Marsó Lenci (B.), Baron Huntsch Konrád (Bar.), Zsupi (T.), Teca (S.), Sisa Pista (T.), Füzes (B.), Szögedi (Bar.), Kivés (T.), Gizella (S.), Terézia (Ms.), Izabella (Ms.), Hajdu (prose) - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp. perc. (3 esec.) - arpa, pf., cel., cimb. - strings
Duration
150 min
Text
INNOCENT VINCZE, Ernő
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1964, Open Air Festival of Szeged; Viktor Vaszy (cond.), András Mikó (stage dir.), Mátyás Varga (stage design), Tivadar Márk (costumes)
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score); Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 4565, © 1964 (piano reduction)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1963 - 1964

Libretto by Ernő Vincze Innocent

Synopsis: The adventures and the death of Vidróczki, bandit from the Mátra country, 19th century.