Emil Ábrányi

Ábrányi was conductor at the Royal Hungarian Opera House (1911-1919), director there (1919-1920), director at the Budapest Municipal Theatre (1921-1926), and taught conducting at the Budapest Academy of Music.

Operas

• A ködkirály [The King of Mist] (17.5.1903 Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest). 1 act, Á. Pásztor.
• Monna Vanna (2.3.1907 Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest). 3 acts, Emil Ábrányi, senior (father of the composer), after Maeterlinck's drama of the same name.
• Paolo és Francesca (13.1.1912 Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest). 3 acts, Emil Ábrányi, senior, after Dante.
• Don Quijote (30.11.1917 Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest). 3 acts, Emil Ábrányi, senior, after Cervantes.
• Ave Maria: Májusi intermezzo [A May Intermezzo] (25.2.1922 Budapest Municipal Theatre). 1 act.
• A vak katona [The Blind Soldier] (11.6.1923 Budapest Municipal Theatre). 1 act, E. Sas.
• Ay éneklö dervis [The Singing Dervish] (1937) [unperformed]. 2 acts, N.W. Khayatt.
• Liliomos herceg [The Prince of the Lilies] (1938) [unperformed]. 3 acts, Bohdaneczky.
• Bizánc [Byzantium] (1942) [unperformed]. 3 acts, E. Innocent-Vincze, after F. Herczeg.
• Éva boszorkány [Eva the Witch] (1944) [unperformed]. 3 acts, F. Herczeg.
• Balatoni rege [A Balaton Legend] (1945) [unperformed]. 3 acts, F. Herczeg.
• A Tamás-templom karnagya [The Cantor of the St. Thomas Church] (1947) [unperformed]. 3 acts, G. Láng.

contributed by Robert Martindale