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Title of the work

The Sad Story of Sarah and Billy

Composer
Horváth Bálint
Original / Hungarian title
Sarah és Billy szomorú históriája
Foreign language / English title
The Sad Story of Sarah and Billy
Subtitle
Western ballad in one act
Year of composition
2014
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
4 S., T., Bar. solo - orchestra
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
ALMÁSI-TÓTH, András
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
18 June 2014, Operatic Scetches, Solti Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Klára Vincze (S.), Orsolya Gheorghita (S.), Benjámin Beéri (T.), Attila Erdősi (Bar.), Imai Ayane (S.), Makiko Yoshida (S.), Concerto Budapest, Gergely Vajda (cond.), Directed by Dániel Kovács
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on North-American melodies and ballads

Hungarian translation by Endre Gyárfás

Libretto by András Almási-Tóth