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 Tót Family


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Tóték
Foreign language / English title
The Tót Family
Subtitle
Opera grotesque in one act
Year of composition
2016

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
9 voice soli - mixed choir, children´s choir - orchestra
Duration
85 min

Text
ÖRKÉNY, István; VÁRADY, Szabolcs
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
26 April 2019, Bánffy Stage, Eiffel Art Studios, Budapest; László Szvétek, Júlia Vajda, Helga Nánási, Boldizsár László, Ferenc Cserhalmi, Tamás Busa, Róbert Erdős, Géza Zsigmond, Anna Fürjes, Children´s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Zsolt Jankó (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Video recording, 2019 - László Szvétek, Júlia Vajda, Helga Nánási, Boldizsár László, Ferenc Cserhalmi, Tamás Busa, Róbert Erdős, Géza Zsigmond, Anna Fürjes, Children´s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Zsolt Jankó (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Libretto - based on Róbert Bognár and András Schlanger´s adaptation of István Örkény´s novel of the same title - by Szabolcs Várady