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.

Search
New search
Title of the work

Der Zauberstuhl / The Magic Chair

Composer
Lendvay Kamilló
Original / Hungarian title
A bűvös szék
Foreign language / English title
Der Zauberstuhl / The Magic Chair
Subtitle
Komische Oper in einem Akt / Comic Opera in One Act
Dedication
„to Sándor Ruit­ner pro­du­cer”
Year of composition
1972
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S. Ms., 3 T., 2 Bar., B. soli - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 3 perc., pf., timp., - strings: 10 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 5 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
47 min
Text
DEVECSERI, Gábor; LENDVAY, Kamilló; KARINTHY, Frigyes
Language
Hungarian / German
Commissioned by
Hungarian Television
Premiere information
1972, Hungarian Television, Budapest; Zsolt Bende, Mária Sudlik, Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, Tibor Udvardy, Tibor Nádas, Sándor Palcsó, Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Ervin Lukács (cond.), László Vámos (director)

1975, Gerhardt Hauptman Theatre, Görlitz, Germany
Publisher / Source
Artisjus
Recordings
Hungarian Television
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1971-1972, based on the novel by Frigyes Karinthy

German translation by Walter Blankenstein