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Csínom Palkó - popular romantic opera in - 2nd and definitive version for the theater

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Csínom Palkó - romantikus népopera - második, végleges színházi verzió
Foreign language / English title
Csínom Palkó - popular romantic opera in - 2nd and definitive version for the theater
Year of composition
1960
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Éduska (S.), Kati (S.), Koháryné (S.), Zsuzsika (Ms.), Örzse (Ms.), Csinom Palkó (T.), Csinom Jankó (Bar.), Balog Ádám (Bar.), Rosta Márton, baron Piperec (Bar.), Koháry (Bar.), Förgeteg (B.Bar.), Tyukodi pajtás (B.), Daru (B.), 7 small roles - 2 fl., ob., 2 cl. (II cl. or tárogató ad lib.), fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. - arpa, cel. ad lib. - strings
Duration
105 min
Movements, parts
3 acts
Text
DÉKÁNY, András
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1960, Open Air Festival of Szeged; Ferenc Farkas (cond.), András Mikó (stage dir.), Mátyás Varga (stage design), Tivadar Márk (costumes)
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score, piano reduction & performance material)
Remarks, other info
Synopsis: Hungary, 1705, during the uprising of Ferenc Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania against the Habsbourg´s domination

This version has also been adopted for the film "Csínom Palkó" by Márton Keleti, 1973