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Title of the work

Die Königin von Saba, Op. 27 / The Queen of Sheba, Op. 27

Composer
Goldmark Károly
Original / Hungarian title
Die Königin von Saba, Op. 27 / Sába királynője, Op. 27
Foreign language / English title
Die Königin von Saba, Op. 27 / The Queen of Sheba, Op. 27
Subtitle
Opera in Four Acts
Year of composition
1872
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
T., 2 Bar., Ms., 2 S., 2 B. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 4 trb. - timp., perc. (trg., tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
195 min
Movements, parts
1. Act 1: A hall in Solomon’s palace
2. Act 2: The garden of the palace at night
3. Act 3: The court of King Solomon
4. Act 4: The vicinity of Sulamith´s desert retreat
Text
MOSENTHAL, Hermann Salomon
Language
German
Premiere information
10 March 1875, Hofoper, Vienna

18 March 1876, National Theater, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Edition Hugo Pohle Hamburg, n.d.[1876]. Plate 356 H.P. 342.
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-12179-81, 1997 (Recorded in 1980) - Sándor Sólyom Nagy (Bar.), József Gregor (B.), Veronika Kincses (S.), Siegfried Jerusalem (T.), Lajos Miller (Bar.), Klára Takács (Ms.), Magda Kalmár (S.), László Boglár (B.), Male Choir of the hungarian Army Art Ensemble, Central Choir of the Young Music Lovers, Hungarian State Choir and Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Prelude
2 Act I., Scene I.
3 Act II., Scene II.
4 Act IV., Scene IV.
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1867 - 1872

Libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Goldmark Karl: Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Saba) Hungaroton