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János pushes the border gate along the ground, so that she finds herself across the
Hungarian frontier. Marci toasts the young couple as Örzse and János sing a duet. Ebelasztin says the noise is disturbing the rest of the princess. However, when Mária Lujza enters she takes a fancy to János and invites him to come to Vienna and enter the Imperial Guard. He asks for double rations for his horse, Hungarian livery for Marci, and for Örzse to come with him. The Russian sentry is worried that he will be punished if he is found in the wrong country. Ebelasztin fails to push the frontier post back, but János manages to do it.
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Emperor, whether as a soldier or farmer. True
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Hungarian superstition, if a statement is followed by a sneeze of one of the hearers, it is regarded as confirmation of its truth. The Suite begins with a sneeze of this kind!
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45:Béla Paulini
1416:Folk operas
1396:1926 operas
1220:Székelyfonó
1122:, May 2001.
992:Georg Solti
918:Frigyes Bán
667:– Napoleon)
242:Háry János
232:Voice type
143:János Garay
135:The Veteran
75:János Garay
70:The Veteran
1401:Singspiele
1370:Categories
1281:Orchestral
1212:Háry János
1148:Háry János
1027:References
974:Háry János
964:Háry János
950:Háry János
944:Recordings
933:Háry János
923:Háry János
913:Háry János
898:Intermezzo
849:tambourine
833:snare drum
708:A, B, C, D
556:Háry János
545:now dead.
508:Intermezzo
407:A student
251:Imre Palló
216:Háry János
205:Háry János
172:Background
139:Az obsitos
108:Háry János
98:, Budapest
39:Librettist
22:Háry János
1018:with the
994:with the
865:xylophone
837:bass drum
821:trombones
793:clarinets
719:I am poor
486:Nagyabony
418:Abraham,
317:baritone
289:baritone
286:Napóleon
166:Alan Opie
130:Singspiel
61:Hungarian
1309:Category
1059:Milnes R
984:. Accord
845:triangle
815:in C, 3
813:trumpets
811:in F, 3
805:bassoons
762:cimbalom
725:– Örzse)
642:– Örzse)
631:– Örzse)
592:– Marci)
540:Epilogue
475:Overture
470:Synopsis
246:baritone
197:Napoleon
182:Austrian
121:libretto
81:Premiere
66:Based on
58:Language
1322:Portals
1264:Chamber
1247:Te Deum
960:. Decca
877:strings
869:celesta
853:tam-tam
841:cymbals
829:timpani
817:cornets
785:piccolo
736:– Háry)
712:Ábécédé
578:Plead:
498:Galicia
454:spoken
444:spoken
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277:soprano
257:Örzse,
180:in the
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1376:Operas
1292:(1933)
1273:(1915)
1250:(1936)
1242:(1923)
1231:Choral
1223:(1932)
1215:(1926)
861:chimes
781:flutes
728:Song:
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609:Song:
595:Duet:
567:Song:
178:hussar
1360:Music
1348:Opera
1204:Stage
873:piano
809:horns
803:), 2
789:oboes
787:), 2
752:Suite
332:tenor
229:Role
222:Roles
141:) by
113:opera
29:opera
27:Folk
892:Song
825:tuba
807:, 4
791:, 2
185:army
89:1926
85:1926
115:by
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