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Blaubarts / Bluebeard

Composer
Gryllus Samu
Original / Hungarian title
Blaubarts / Kékszakáll
Foreign language / English title
Blaubarts / Bluebeard
Subtitle
Mono-chamberopera with prologue in two pictures
Year of composition
2011
Type
Opera
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
B.Bar. solo - cl. - perc. (marimba) - pnino. - vl., vlc.
Duration
25 min
Text
BÁN, Zoltán András
Language
German
Commissioned by
Rupert Bergmann & Theater an der Wien
Premiere information
4 November 2011, Theater and der Wien, Vienna; Rupert Bergmann (B.Bar.), Anna Sushon (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Live video-recording, 2012 - Rupert Bergmann (B.Bar.), THReNSeMBle, Balázs Horváth (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Libretto based on the work of Zoltán András Bán: "Blaubarts Geburt" (The Birth of Bluebard)

German translation by Wilhelm Droste