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Die Stechardin

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Die Stechardin
Foreign language / English title
Die Stechardin
Subtitle
Oper in 1 Akt / Opera in 1 Act
Dedication
to Márta
Year of composition
2025
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S. - orchestra (or pf.)
Movements, parts
Erste Szene / First scene / Első jelenet:
In eine anderen Welt... / In another world... / Egy másik világban...

Zweite Szene / Second Scene / Második jelenet:
In der alten Welt / In the old world / A régi világban

Dritte Szene / Third scene / Harmadik jelenet:
Über Die Liebe... / About love... / A szerelemről...
Text
LICHTENBERG, Georg Christoph; HEIN, Christoph;
Language
German
Commissioned by
Budapest Music Center
Premiere information
20 February 2026, Kurtág 100 Festival; Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, MÜPA, Budapest; Maria Husmann (S.), Concerto Budapest, András Keller (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 2025, K-136 (Piano reduction by Zsolt Serei)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2023 - 2025

Libretto by Christoph Hein based on letters and writings of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799).