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The Inspector General

Composer
Zádor Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
A revizor
Foreign language / English title
The Inspector General
Subtitle
Opera in 3 acts
Year of composition
1928
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
voice soli - choir - 2 fl., ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr. 2 trb., - timp., perc. - pf., acc. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
90 min
Text
GOGOL, Nikolai
Language
English
Commissioned by
West Coast Opera (Revised version)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1928, revised: 1971

Based on the play by Gogol, translation by George Mead