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 Pumpkin


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Pumpkin / A sütőtök
Foreign language / English title
The Pumpkin
Subtitle
Comedy opera in one act
Year of composition
1953

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

Language
English / Hungarian
Premiere information
15 May 1954, Severance Hall, Cleveland (Concert version)

June 1954, American New Opera Theatre, Cleveland (Stage version)
Publisher / Source
MS