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Title of the work

The Syren

Composer
Selmeczi György
Original / Hungarian title
A szirén
Foreign language / English title
The Syren
Subtitle
Opera in one act
Year of composition
1997
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., B.bar., Bar. - mixed choir - fl., ob., fg. - 2 cor., tr., tuba - timp., perc. - pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
50 min
Text
SZŐCS, Géza
Language
Hungarian / French
Premiere information
April 1998, Conservatoire de Musique de Luxembourg; Directed by Ionel Pantea (French version)

26 October 1998, Új Színház, Budapest; Directed by Ionel Pantea (Hungarian premiere of the French version)

5 October 2005, Prima Vista Festival, Festival Theater, MÜPA, Budapest; István Kovács, Szabolcs Hámori, Andrea Csereklyei, László Kálmán, Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra, Ars Noca Vocal Ensemble, György Selmeczi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Auris Publishing 2019
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Opera Cluj (Kolozsvár) CD - János Szilágyi (Bar.), Brigitta Kele (S.), Árpád Sándor (Bar.), Tony Bardon (T.), Orchestra and Choir of the Cluj (Kolozsvár) Opera, Szabolcs Kulcsár (choir master), György Selmeczi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the text by Géza Szőcs