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Title of the work

Love

Composer
Varga Judit
Original / Hungarian title
Szerelem
Foreign language / English title
Love
Subtitle
Opera in one act, 3 parts and 12 scenes
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S., 2 Ms., A., Lyric T., T. (anche speaker) 2 speaker, B. - mixed choir (S-Ms-A-T-B-B) - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (I anche rec.a., II anche rec.t., III anche rec.t. and c.ing.), 3 cl. (I, II anche armonica a bocca, III anche armonica a bocca and cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr. in C, 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (4 esec. - ptto.sosp., gr.c., thunder sheet, shaker, 3 bongo, campli, maracas, bell, tam-tam, vibr. (with bow), cmpc., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.gr.c.c, 2 timbales, anvil, waterphone (with bow), frusta, gong, crot., 3 different kind of metal instr., 3 different kind of wooden instr.) - arpa, cel. (anche org.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
72 min
Movements, parts
1. Praeludium és I. rész (Két asszony) / Praeludium and Part I (Two Women)
2. II. rész (Anyák) / Part II (Mothers)
3. III. rész (Szerelem) / Part III (Love)
Text
VARGA, Judit
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian State Opera 2016
Premiere information
21 October 2016, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; Éva Balatoni (A.), Gabriella Fodor (S.), Boldizsár László (lyric T.), Mária Farkasréti (Ms.), Veronika Dobi-Kiss (Ms.), Dániel Roska (T.), Tamás Vass (speaker), András Kőrösi (B.), Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Kálmán Strausz (choir dir.), Tibor Bogányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Judit Varga
Available here!
Recordings
Available on juditvarga.com
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Judit Varga based on two novels by Tibor Déry (Két asszony, Szerelem) and on the script for the film "Love" (Szerelem) by Károly Makk and Péter Bacsó

Winner composition of the Hungarian State Opera´s competition on creating an opera-adaptation of the film "Love" by Tibor Déry, Károly Makk and Péter Bacsó

Premiere directed by Vilppu Kiljunen