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Golden Coffin

Composer
Vántus István
Original / Hungarian title
Aranykoporsó
Foreign language / English title
Golden Coffin
Subtitle
Opera in 3 Acts
Year of composition
1975
Type
Opera
Text
VÁNTUS, István / MÓRA, Ferenc
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
11 April 1975, National Theater, Szeged, Hungary; György Sinkó, Ildikó Lengyel, Csaba Réti, István Börcsök, Valéria Berdál, Irén Gortva, László Halmi, Péter Poór, Attila Nyári, László Csizmadia, József Gregor, Orchestra and Choir of the National Theater Szeged, Viktor Vaszy (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31793, 1999 - Tamara Takács (Ms.), György Sinkó (B.), József Gregor (B.), András Laczó (T.), Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Pál (cond.) (Parts)
Hungaroton SLPX 12517, 1988 - Tamara Takács (Ms.), György Sinkó (B.), József Gregor (B.), András Laczó (T.), Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Pál (cond.) (Parts)
Remarks, other info
Libretto by István Vántus based on the novel by Ferenc Móra

Premiere directed by Zoltán Horváth