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

The Imaginary Invalid or The Cabal of Hypocrites


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A képzelt beteg, avagy őfelsége komédiása
Foreign language / English title
The Imaginary Invalid or The Cabal of Hypocrites
Subtitle
Opera in two acts
Year of composition
2020

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
8 voice soli - orchestra
Duration
140 min

Text
VÁRADY, Szabolcs
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
30 October 2020, 29th CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Bánffy Hall, Eiffel Art Studios, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; András Hábetler, Bernadett Wiedemann, Lilla Horti, György Hanczár, Éva Bátori, István Rácz, Gergely Biri, Szilveszter Ókovács (voice), Orchestra of Hungarian State Opera House, János Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Szabolcs Várady after the plays "The Imaginary Invalid" by Moliére and "The Cabal of Hypocrites" by Bulgakov