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

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
A bűvös szekrény - opera 2 felvonásban - eredeti verzió
Foreign language / English title
The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank / L´armoire magique - opera in 2 acts - original version
Year of composition
1942
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., Ms., A., T., Bar., B.Bar., B. - choir - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - strings
Duration
87 min
Movements, parts
2 acts
Text
KUNSZERY, Gyula
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
22 April 1942, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Otto Berg, (cond.), Kálmán Nádasdy (stage dir.), Oláh Gusztáv (stage design), Tivadar Márk (costumes)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, on hire (score & performance material) Universal Edition, 11 390, © 1963 (piano reduction)
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1938 - 1942

Based on a story from "Thousand and one nights"

German adaptation by Karlheinz Gutheim

See also:The magic cupboard - overture