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Title of the work

Christopher Columbus

Composer
Zádor Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Christopher Columbus
Foreign language / English title
Christopher Columbus
Subtitle
Opera
Year of composition
1939
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
7 voice soli - choir - 3 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - arpa, pf., cel., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
54 min
Movements, parts
1. Scene One - Spanish Court
2. Scene Two - "Santa Maria" - Becalmed
3. Scene Three - "Santa Maria" - Strom
4. Scene Four - "Santa Maria" - Evening
Text
BARRYMORE, Lionel
Language
German / English
Premiere information
8 October 1939, Radio City Center Theater, New York; NBC Orchestra, Ernő Rapée (cond.) (Concert performance)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Recordings
Orion Master Recordings, P 1976 - Soloists, Concert Choir of Long Island, The American Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Barrymor (narrator), László Halász (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1939, revised: 1970

Based on the play by Archduke Joseph Franz of Habsburg

English translation by Josepha Checkova