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Kastrater / Castrated

Composer
Maros Miklós
Original / Hungarian title
Kastrater / Kasztráltak
Foreign language / English title
Kastrater / Castrated
Subtitle
Opera in 3 acts
Year of composition
2002
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., 2 Ms., 2 T., Bar., B.Bar., B. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr. - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - cemb., cimb. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
104 min
Text
DELBLANC, Sven; ZILLIACUS, Lasse
Language
Swedish
Commissioned by
Swedish Royal Opera (in 1998)
Premiere information
3 June 2004, Drottningholms Slottsteater, Stockholm, Sweden; Jonas Degerfeldt, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Susann Végh, Katarina Nilsson, Gabriel Suovanen, Martti Wallén, Silvia Moi, MariAnne Häggander, Mark Bartholdsson, Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Joakim Unander (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre © 2003, 128884
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Recordings
Jonas Degerfeldt, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Susann Végh, Katarina Nilsson, Gabriel Suovanen, Martti Wallén, Silvia Moi, MariAnne Häggander, Mark Bartholdsson, Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Joakim Unander (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Libretto after Sven Delblanc´s novel "Kastrater" by Lasse Zilliacus