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Georgia Bottoms

Composer
Vajda Gergely
Original / Hungarian title
Georgia Bottoms
Foreign language / English title
Georgia Bottoms
Subtitle
A Comic Opera of the Modern South - In 3 acts, for 11 singers and 19 players
Year of composition
2014
Type
Opera
Number of players
30
Instrumentation
4 S., Ms., 3 T., 2 Bar., B. - 19 instr.
Duration
75 min
Movements, parts
3 acts
Text
CHILDRESS, Mark; VAJDA, Gergely
Language
English
Premiere information
21 February 2015, Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, Huntsville, USA; Christopher Pfund (T.), Rebecca Nelsen (S.), Tamara Gallo (S.), Aaron Sorensen (B.), Daniel Weeks (T.), Ron Roberts (T.), Karen Young (S.), Susan Nicely (Ms.), Michael Nyby (Bar.), Christy Lombardozzi (S.), Keith Browning (Bar.), Musicians of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.), David Gately (dir.)

8 October 2017, CAFe Budapest Conctemporary Art Festival, Solti-Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Rebecca Nelsen, Andrea Meláth, Katalin Károlyi, Keith Browning, UMZE Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Gergely Vajda (cond.) Directed by András Almási-Tóth (Revised version)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on a novel by Mark Childress, libretto by Mark Childress and Gergely Vajda

Composed: 2012 - 2014

Revised: 2017