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Title of the work

The Saved City

Composer
Fekete Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
A megmentett város
Foreign language / English title
The Saved City
Subtitle
Opera in one act after the libretto by István Eörsi
Year of composition
1999
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
voice soloists - mixed choir - orchestra
Text
EÖRSI, István; FEKETE, Gyula
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Written for the Millennium Opera Composition Competition in 1999
Premiere information
26 October 2002, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Péter Fried, Ákos Ambrus, Kázmér Sárkány, Ferenc Gerdesits, Tamás Szüle, Éva Balatoni, Anna Herczenik, Cleo Mitilineou, Tibor Szappanos, Erika Horváth, Katalin Réder, Diána Döbörhegyi, Imre Török, Antal Bakó, Balázs Bódy, Atilla Ivanics, Lídia Renge, Nóra Babay, Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Gergely Kesselyák (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Winner composition at the Millennium Opera Composition Competition in 1999