Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

AOIHANA – The fifth life


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
AOIHANA darf nicht sterben / AOIHANA - Az ötödik lét
Foreign language / English title
AOIHANA – The fifth life
Year of composition
2007

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., A., T., B. - cl., cor. - perc. - keyb. - electronics - vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
50 min

Movements, parts
Phase I.
1. Choir of the Hermenauts / Ruf der Hermenauten
2. Speach of Gó / Ansprache Gó
3. Aria of the Meisterin
4. First Call-and-Response / Wechselgesang I.
5. Second Call-and-Response / Wechselgesang II.

Phase II.
1. Atmo
2. Construction / Aufbau
3. OAIAOuverture
4. Inlighting
5. Deconstruction

Phase III.
1. Three Equinox Arias:
Doubt / Zweifel
Anger / Wut
Joy / Freude
2. Last Song

Text
TOBIAS, Dusche - BARK, Sebastian
Language
German / Hungarian / English
Commissioned by
NOVOFLOT, Berlin
Premiere information
September 2007, Sophiensaele, Berlin
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Chamber Opera

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