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 Voice, Op. 65


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Voice, Op. 65 / A hang, Op. 65
Foreign language / English title
The Voice, Op. 65
Subtitle
Modern fairy tale-opera in one act
Year of composition
1953

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

Text
HALL, Shawn; LINEK, Stephen N.
Language
English
Premiere information
15 May 1954, American New Opera Theatre, Cleveland
Publisher / Source
C.E. Aulin ©1954
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Stephen N. Linek and Shwan Hall (pseudonym of Elizabeth Davis Kondorossy)