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Title of the work

Royal Highness

Composer
Selmeczi György
Original / Hungarian title
Királyi fenség
Foreign language / English title
Royal Highness
Subtitle
Opera in two acts, after the novel by Thomas Mann
Year of composition
2025
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
voice soli - choir - fl., ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb. - timp., perc. - synth. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Text
HORVÁTH, Péter
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
11 April 2026, Miklós Bánffy Hall, Eiffel Art Studios, Budapest; VIktória Mester, Zoltán Bátki Fazekas, Attila Erdős, János Szemenyei, István Kovács, István Rácz, Ildikó Megyimórecz, Kinga Kriszta, Dávid Kerek (voice), Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarian Opera House, János Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Péter Horváth