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Spiritisti

Composer
Selmeczi György
Original / Hungarian title
Spiritiszták
Foreign language / English title
Spiritisti
Subtitle
Opera in two acts, in Italian
Year of composition
2004
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 B., B.Bar., S., T. - choir - Orch. I: 2 fl., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 5 cb. - Orch. II: fl., 2 ob., fg. - 2 cor., tr. - timp. - arpa - strings: 6 vl. 1, 4 vl. 2, 4 vla., 2 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
100 min
Text
BLOK, Aleksandr; PÉNTEK, Csilla; SELMECZI, György
Language
Italian
Premiere information
19 January 2014, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; Polina Pasztircsák, Krisztián Cser, Géza Gábor, Szabolcs Hámori, Árpád Sándor, István Kovács, Adorján Pataki, Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, János Kovács (cond.)

3 September 2015, La Triennale di Milano; Polina Pasztircsák, Krisztián Cser, Géza Gábor, Szabolcs Hámori, Árpád Sándor, István Kovács, Adorján Pataki, Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, János Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
AURIS Publishing Ⓒ 2012
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Remarks, other info
Based on the drama of Alexander Blok

Libretto by Csilla Péntek and György Selmeczi

Composed: 1998 - 2004