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Title of the work

Die Stechardin

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Die Stechardin
Foreign language / English title
Die Stechardin
Year of composition
2025
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
S. - orchestra
Movements, parts
1. Eine andere Welt / Another World / Egy másik világ
2. Die Vorgeschichte / The Backstory / Az előzmények
3. 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
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2023 - 2025

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