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

Lot - Opera in One Act


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Lót - Opera egy felvonásban
Foreign language / English title
Lot - Opera in One Act
Year of composition
1985

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 Bar., 2 Ms., 2 S., 4 T., B. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B), children´s choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., sax.a., sax.bar., 2 fg., cfg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - org., cel., pf., synth. - timp., perc. (vibr., marimba, gr.c., ptti.picc., trg., bongo, tom-tom) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
43 min

Movements, parts
1. Lót és Isten / Lot andf God
2. A város / The City
3. A csőcselék / The Rabble
4. A család / The Family
5. A behatolók / The Intruders
6. A megvakultak / The Blinded
7. Lót imája / Lot´s Prayer
8. Lótné / Lot´s Wife
9. A lányok / The Daughters
10. Az angyalok / The Angels
11. Kivonulás a városból / The Exodus from the City
12. A hegytetőn / On the Mountain Top
13. Újra Szodomában / Back in Sodom

Text
ROMHÁNYI, Ágnes
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Television
Premiere information
1986, Hungarian Television, Budapest; Lajos Miller (Bar.), Katalin Mészöly (Ms.), Júlia Pászthy (S.), Mária Takács (S.), Attila Fülöp (T.), Ferenc Geredesits (T.), János Schwimmer (B.), Péter Korcsmáros (T.), Mária Kuthy (Ms.), László Kokas (T.), János Tóth (Bar.), Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Ferenc Sapszon (choir master), Hungarian State Opera Children´s Choir, Valéria Botka (choir master), Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Tamás Koncz (cond.), Directed by Gyula Maár
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31819, 1998 (Recorded by the Hungarian Television in 1986) - Lajos Miller (Bar.), Katalin Mészöly (Ms.), Júlia Pászthy (S.), Mária Takács (S.), Attila Fülöp (T.), Ferenc Geredesits (T.), János Schwimmer (B.), Péter Korcsmáros (T.), Mária Kuthy (Ms.), László Kokas (T.), János Tóth (Bar.), Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Ferenc Sapszon (choir master), Hungarian State Opera Children´s Choir, Valéria Botka (choir master), Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Tamás Koncz (cond.), Directed by Gyula Maár
1 min. sample
1 1. Lót és Isten / Lot andf God
2 2. A város / The City
3 4. A család / The Family
4 7. Lót imája / Lot´s Prayer
5 10. Az angyalok / The Angels
6 12. A hegytetőn / On the Mountain Top
7 13. Újra Szodomában / Back in Sodom
Remarks, other info
Text written by Ágens Romhányi, based on the Novel "Lot or the Pacifism" by Karel Capek (Based on Old Testament, Bible)

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton