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Amarantha

Composer
Rajna Tamás
Original / Hungarian title
Amarantha
Foreign language / English title
Amarantha
Subtitle
Opera in 7 scenes
Year of composition
1993
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
soloists - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 3 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - cel., arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
82 min
Text
RAJNA, Thomas
Language
English
Commissioned by
Foundation for the Creative Arts
Premiere information
November 2000, Cape Town Opera, Cape Town, Africa; UCT Opera School, Cape Town Opera Orchestra
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Amarantha Records AR 011-2, 2002 - Veramarie Meyer (Ms.), Brad Liebl (Bar.), Soloists of Cape Town Opera & UCT Opera School, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Dowdeswell (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1991 - 1995

Libretto by Thomas Rajna based on the story "How beautiful with shoes" by Daniel Wilbur Steele