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

Two Women (B)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Két nő (B)
Foreign language / English title
Two Women (B)
Subtitle
Chamber-Opera in one part
Year of composition
2017

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
8 voice (S-S-A-A-T-T-B-B) - cond./actor - 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
45 min

Text
BÁN, Zoltán András; ORBÁN, Eszter
Language
German / Hungarian
Premiere information
17 Szeptember 2016, Night of Theaters, Hungarian National Opera House, Budapest; József Csapó (T.), Audrey Gábor (S.), Judit Szathmáry (S.), Kornél Mikecz (Bar.), Benjámin Beéri (T.), Márta Murányi (A.), Eszter Zemlényi (S.), Dömötör Pintér (B.), Gábor Dióssi (actor), Viktória Tarpai (actor), Samu Gryllus (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Eszter Orbán based on the novel "Susanka and Silkpussy" by Zoltán András Bán

German translation by Anna Bihari

Supported by the National Cultural Fonds of Hungary