Composition database

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Title of the work

Exercises in Style - cabaret-opera


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Stílusgyakorlatok - kabaré-opera
Foreign language / English title
Exercises in Style - cabaret-opera
Subtitle
For solo voices and piano
Year of composition
2020

Type
Opera
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S., T., Ms., T. soli - pf.
Duration
42 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX - X - XI - XII - XIII - XIV - XV - XVI

Text
QUENEAU, Raymond
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
20 April 2024, Kanjiža (Hungarian: Magyarkanizsa), Serbia; Zita Somogyvári (S.), Szilveszter Szélpál (T.), Rita Boglárka (Ms.), Tamás Altorjay (B.), Anikó Szokody (pf.)

22 August 2024, Délvidék Ház, Szeged, Hungary; Zita Somogyvári (S.), Szilveszter Szélpál (T.), Rita Boglárka (Ms.), Tamás Altorjay (B.), Anikó Szokody (pf.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Video recording, 2024 - Zita Somogyvári (S.), Szilveszter Szélpál (T.), Rita Boglárka (Ms.), Tamás Altorjay (B.), Anikó Szokody (pf.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
3rd, revised version

Based on the play by Raymond Queneau

Hungarian translation by István Seres Pipu