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

A Report to the Academy


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Jelentés az akadémiának
Foreign language / English title
A Report to the Academy
Subtitle
Musical act for tenor, accordeon and percussion
Year of composition
2025

Type
Opera
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
T. - acc., perc.
Duration
37 min

Text
KAFKA, Franz; VAJDA, Gergely
Language
English
Commissioned by
FUGA - Budapest Center of Architecture
Premiere information
23 November 2025, FUGA - Center of Architecture, Budapest; Georgi Sztojanov (T.), Zsanett Szatzker (acc.), Aurél Holló (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2025 - Georgi Sztojanov (T.), Zsanett Szatzker (acc.), Aurél Holló (perc.) (Available on www.youtube.com at FUGA844_online)
Remarks, other info
Based on the short story by Franz Kafka

The libretto is the work of the composer, based on a comparison of the German original text and the available English translations, as well as the Hungarian text by Dezső Tandori.

Premiere directed by Georgi Sztojanov