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

Lovely Ilonka - Opera in 4 Acts


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szép Ilonka - Opera négy felvonásban
Foreign language / English title
Lovely Ilonka - Opera in 4 Acts
Year of composition
1861

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., 2 T., 2 Bar. - choir - orchestra
Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV

Text
FEKETE, Mihály; VÖRÖSMARTY, Mihály
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
19 December 1861, National Theatre, Pest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio - Júlia Osváth, Miklós Szabó, László Jámbor, Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, Vilmos Komor (cond.) (Not complete)
Marco Polo (Naxos) 1991, CD 8.223318 - István Kassai (pf.) (Piano transcription, parts)
Remarks, other info
Text by Mihály Fekete based on the poem by Mihály Vörösmarty