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Title of the work

Le muet au couvent

Composer
Kőmíves János
Original / Hungarian title
Le muet au couvent
Foreign language / English title
Le muet au couvent
Subtitle
...ou les clarisses qui chantent - Comédie lyrique in 1 acte / ... or the singing clarisses - Comedic opera in 1 act
Year of composition
1993
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
Bar., 2 Ms., 2 S. soli - orchestra
Movements, parts
1. Scene 1: Laudate Dominum
2. Scene 2: Viola! Viola, Voila
3. Scene 2: Un Parchemin
4. Scene 3: Ma Mere…
5. Scene 3: Paroles Etranges…
6. Scene 4: Le Ciel Est Clair…
7. Scene 4: Tu T´approches Un Peu…
8. Scene 5: Le Coeur En Eveil…
9. Scene 6-7: Pamprinee, Vite, Vite…
10. Scene 8-9: Un Homme, Au Couvent…
11. Scene 10: Chut, Chut! Motus…
12. Scene 11: Guido! Guido!
13. Scene 12: Le Front Ceint De La Blande Blanche…
14. Scene 13: Mons Fils…
15. Scene 13: Ma Soeur… Pardon! Ma Mere…
16. Scene 14: Intermede
17. Scene 15: Mes Soeurs…
18. Epilogue: Un Muet
Text
KŐMÍVES, János
Language
French
Premiere information
1994, Opera, Tours, France;

15 February 2001, Opera, Kolozsvár, Romania; György Selmeczi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Maguelone CD MAG 111.161, 2013 - Didier Henry (Bar.), Guillemette Laurens, Marie-Thérèse Keller (Ms.), Catherine Dune, Sophie Marin-Degor (S.), Sérénade Orchestra, János Kőmíves (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Libretto by the composer, after Boccaccio´s Decameron (Third day, first story)