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Leonce and Lena - Opera in Three Acts

Composer
Vajda János
Original / Hungarian title
Leonce és Léna - Opera három felvonásban
Foreign language / English title
Leonce and Lena - Opera in Three Acts
Year of composition
1996
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
2 Bar., 3 T., 2 S., Ms. - mixed choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - perc. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
110 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Text
BÜCHNER, Georg; VÁRADY, Szabolcs
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1999, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest; Directed by György Fehér
Publisher / Source
Artisjus
Recordings
Hungarian Opera Cluj (Kolozsvár) CD - Árpád Sándor (Bar.), Adorján Pataki (T.), Klára Kolonits (S.), Róbert V. Lackó (Bar.), Mária Molnár (Ms.), Tony Bardon (T.), Tamás Kóbor (T.), Éva Jordán (S.), Orchestra and Choir of the Kolozsvár Opera, Szabolcs Kulcsár (choir master), György Selmeczi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Szabolcs Várady after Georg Büchner´s drama