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

Spring Awakening


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A tavasz ébredése
Foreign language / English title
Spring Awakening
Subtitle
Opera in one act
Year of composition
2012

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
3 S., 2 Ms., 2 T., Bar. solo - 6 dancer - female choir (S-S-MS-MS-A) - symphony orchestra
Duration
40 min

Movements, parts
One act

Text
WEDEKIND, Frank ; ALMÁSI-TÓTH, András
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian State Opera House (opera exam)
Premiere information
24 June 2012, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Students of the Department of Vocal and Opera Studies (Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music), Students of the Hungarian Dance Academy, Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Szabolcs Sándor (cond.); András Almási-Tóth (stage director), Margit Balla (set and costume design), Noémi Kulcsár (choreographer)

9 October 2015, CAFe Budapest Festival, Solti-Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Júlia Hajnóczy, Gyula Rab, Lilla Horti, Botond Ódor, Eszter Zavaros, Lusine Sahakyan (voices), Dávid Gergő Farkas, Attila Horváth, Eszter Kovács, Levente Lukács, Míra Stupek, Anna Szilvási (dancers), UMZE Ensemble, Orchestra of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Gergely Vajda (cond.); András Almási-Tóth (stage director), Noémi Kulcsár (choreographer)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Video-recording of the 2nd premiere, 2015
Remarks, other info
Libretto by András Almási-Tóth (based on the play "Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind)