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Title of the work

The Gold and the Woman

Composer
Kenessey Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Az arany meg az asszony
Foreign language / English title
The Gold and the Woman
Subtitle
Opera in one act
Year of composition
1942
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 B., S., 3 T., 2 Bar. - male choir - orchestra
Text
KRÚDY, Gyula; KENESSEY, Jenő
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
8 May 1943, Hungarian Royal Opera House, Budapest 26 April 2019, Bánffy Stage, Eiffel Art Studios, Budapest; László Szvétek, Júlia Vajda, Helga Nánási, Boldizsár László, Ferenc Cserhalmi, Tamás Busa, Róbert Erdős, Géza Zsigmond, Anna Fürjes, Children´s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Zsolt Jankó (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31983, 2001 - György Losonczy, Júlia Osváth, Róbert Ilosfalvy, Árpád Kishegyi, Pál Feke, László Domahidy, András Rajna, Male Choir of the Hungarian Opera, Hungaian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jenő Kenessey (cond.) (Recorded in 1957)
Remarks, other info
Libretto - based on Gyula Krúdy´s drama of the same title - by Jenő Kenessey