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

La Violetta


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
La Violetta
Foreign language / English title
La Violetta
Subtitle
Opera in one act
Year of composition
2013

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 Bar., 6 S. solo - 3 female voice - 4 sax. - chit., arpa, pf. - orchestra
Duration
50 min

Text
MOLNÁR, Ferenc; ALMÁSI-TÓTH, András
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
30 June 2013, Exam Concert of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music´s Opera Department, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Csaba Gaál (Bar.), Dénes Murvai (Bar.), Szilvia Vörös (S.), Gabriella Balgová (S.), Orsolya Gheorghita (S.), Klára Vincze (S.), Makiko Yoshida (S.), Imai Ayane (S.), Levente Puskás, Tamás Szitás, Andrea Mohl, Eszter Tóth (sax.), Ádám Patrik (chit.), Anasztázia Razvaljajeva (arpa), László Borbély (pf.), Anita Csóka, Alexandra Ruszó, Anikó Vida (voice), Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Balázs Kocsár (cond.), András Almási-Tóth (dir.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Live video recording of the premiere, 2013 - Csaba Gaál (Bar.), Dénes Murvai (Bar.), Szilvia Vörös (S.), Gabriella Balgová (S.), Orsolya Gheorghita (S.), Klára Vincze (S.), Makiko Yoshida (S.), Imai Ayane (S.), Levente Puskás, Tamás Szitás, Andrea Mohl, Eszter Tóth (sax.), Ádám Patrik (chit.), Anasztázia Razvaljajeva (arpa), László Borbély (pf.), Anita Csóka, Alexandra Ruszó, Anikó Vida (voice), Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Balázs Kocsár (cond.), András Almási-Tóth (dir.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Andárs Almási-Tóth based on the drama "The Violet" by Ferenc Molnár