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

Two Women (A)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Két nő (A)
Foreign language / English title
Two Women (A)
Subtitle
Chamber-Opera in one part
Year of composition
2012

Type
Opera
Number of players
23
Instrumentation
8 voice (S-S-A-A-T-T-B-B) - fl., ob., cl., cl.b. - cor., trb. - pf., cimb. - perc. (2 esec.) - 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb. - electronics - text-projector
Duration
45 min

Text
BÁN, Zoltán András; ORBÁN, Eszter
Language
German
Commissioned by
the Austrian section of the ISCM and the Wiener Jeunesse Chamberchoir in 2013
Premiere information
2014, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Eszter Orbán based on the novel "Susanka and Silkpussy" by Zoltán András Bán

German translation by Anna Bihari

Supported by the National Cultural Fonds of Hungary