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Orpheus ex machina, Op. 25

Composer
Erőd Iván
Original / Hungarian title
Orpheus ex machina, Op. 25
Foreign language / English title
Orpheus ex machina, Op. 25
Subtitle
Opera in two acts
Year of composition
1978
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa - cel. - tape - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - strings

tape (2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp. - strings)
Duration
90 min
Movements, parts
I - II
Text
WOLFKIND, Peter Daniel
Language
German
Commissioned by
Steirischer Herbst (Institution)
Premiere information
14 October 1978, Opera House Graz; Nelly Ailakowa (S.), Ernst Dieter Suttheimer (T.), Richard Best (B.), Eva Bartfai (S.), Richard Ames (T.), Choir of the Vereinigten Bühnen Graz, Philharmonic Orchestra Graz, Ernst Märzendorfer (cond.)
Publisher / Source
The composer´s own publishing
Recordings
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation - Radio
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation - Television
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1977 - 1978

After the text by Peter Daniel Wolfkind