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

The Midnight Duel


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Midnight Duel / Éjféli párbaj
Foreign language / English title
The Midnight Duel
Subtitle
Lyric radio drama in one act
Year of composition
1955

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., A., 2 T., 2 Bar., B. - fl., ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb. - timp., perc. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
45 min

Text
KONDOROSSY, László; HALL, Shawn
Language
English
Premiere information
20 March 1955, American New Opera Theatre, Cleveland, USA
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Text by László Kondorossy and Shwan Hall (pseudonym of Elizabeth Davis Kondorossy)