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Valley Song

Composer
Rajna Tamás
Original / Hungarian title
Valley Song / A völgy éneke
Foreign language / English title
Valley Song
Subtitle
Opera in eleven scenes
Year of composition
2004
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II nache picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - cel. (anche org.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

(With reduced orchestration:
2 fl., 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - timp., oerc. (2 esec.) - cel. (anche org.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.)
Text
FUGARD, Athol; RAJNA, Thomas; WILLOUGHBY, Guy
Language
English
Premiere information
March 2005, Spier Summer Arts Festival, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Compsed: 2002 - 2004

Optional reduced orchestration composed: 2007

Libretto by Thomas Rajna and Guy Willoughby based on the play by Athol Fugard