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Transposed Heads

Composer
Szalai Katalin
Original / Hungarian title
Elcserélt fejek
Foreign language / English title
Transposed Heads
Subtitle
Chamber opera after Thomas Mann´s novel
Year of composition
2021
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
5 voice soli - ensemble
Text
MANN, Thomas; MÁTRAI, Diána Eszter
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
8 October 2021, Eger Chamber Opera Festival, Kepes Institute Modern and Contemporary Art Centre, Eger, Hungary; Nóra Tatai, János Alagi, Mátyás Bánki, Orsoly Ambrus, László Kéringer (voice), Ensemble of the Eger Symphony Orchestra, Máté Szabó-Sipos (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Libretto by Eszter Diána Mátrai after Thomas Mann´s novel "The Transposed Heads" (Hungarian translation by Henrik Horváth)