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

The Silence, Op. 27


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A csend, Op. 27
Foreign language / English title
The Silence, Op. 27
Subtitle
Opera in 4 scenes
Year of composition
1998

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
6 voice solo - mixed choir - symphony orchestra
Duration
125 min

Text
BALÁZS, Béla; DARVASI, László
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
11 February 2005, National Theater Szeged, Hungary; István Andrejcsik, Júlia Vajda, Géza Gábor, András Hajdú, Éva Szonda, Krisztina Dér, Choir and Orchestra of the National Theater Szeged, László Molnár (cond.), József Székhelyi (director)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1994 - 1998

Libretto written after Béla Balázs´s tale by László Darvasi