János Vajda (composer) explained

János Vajda (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈvɒjdɒ ˈjaːnoʃ/; born 8 October 1949, in Miskolc) is a Hungarian composer.

Works, editions, recordings

Operas

• Barabás (1977), opera after Frigyes Karinthy
• Márió és a varázsló (1988), after Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician (1929)^[1]
• Leonce és Léna (1999), opera after Georg Büchner's Leonce and Lena (1836/1895), libretto:
• Karnyóné (2004), opera after Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, libretto: Szabolcs Várady
• (2021), opera after Molière (The Imaginary Invalid (1673)) and Mikhail Bulgakov (The Cabal of Hypocrites (1936)), libretto: Szabolcs Várady^[2]

Recordings

• Songs – Orbán Spanish songs. Songs to words by Sándor Weöres. János Vajda, Songs to words by Géza Szöcs: Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano), Emese Virág (piano). HCD31827 Hungaroton
• Missa in A, Orban: Missa prima HCD31929 Hungaroton

External links

• János Vajda, Budapest Music Centre

Notes and References

1. "Mario and the Magician, Thomas Mann, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter – 1931", The Hungarian Quarterly, vol. 44, 2003 "Further additions to the gallery of Hungarian heroic-lyric opera were to be Mario und der Zauberer by Janos Vajda, Leonce and Lena by the same composer,"
2. Web site: The Imaginary Invalid or the Cabal of Hypocrites – Hungarian State Opera. 14 October 2021.