A scene from
Transylvanian village life
Translation by M. D. Calvocoressi
Elizabeth Simon (soprano) Norma Procter (contralto) Kathleen Joyce (contralto) Duncan Robertson (tenor) Denis Dowling (barjtone)
Oweni Brannigan (bass)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by NIOOLAI MALKO
This one-act folk opera, first produced in Budapest in 1924, was revised eight years later and staged at the Royal Hungarian Opera. It is based on the Magyar folk music which Kodaly collected and published during these years.