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Scævola

Composer
Mátyássy Szabolcs
Original / Hungarian title
Scævola
Foreign language / English title
Scævola
Subtitle
Opera in 2 acts
Year of composition
2017
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 S., T., 3 Bar., 2 B.Bar. solo - mixed choir - 2 fl (anche fl.a., picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp, perc. (2 esec.) - 2 arpa - strings: 8 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 5 vla., 4 vlc., 3 cb.
Duration
70 min
Text
JANIK, László
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Bartók Plus Opera Festival
Premiere information
21 June 2017, Bartók Plus Opera Festival, National Theater, Miskolc, Hungary; Andrea Rost (S.), Roland Tötös (T), Lilla Horti (S.), Attila Erdős (Bar.), Antal Cseh (B.Bar.), Mátyás Tóth Pál (B.Bar.), Lőrinc Kósa (Bar.), Ágoston Cser (Bar.), Á la cARTe Choir, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc, Szabolcs SÁndor (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 2016 - 2017

Libretto written by László Jelinek after the Roman tale Mucius Scǣvola

"Key to the Future" - International Opera Composition Competition 1st prize, Miskolc, Hungary

Premiere directed by András Almási-Tóth