Emil Abranyi (September 22, 1882 – February 11, 1970) was a Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director.
He was conductor at the Royal Hungarian Opera House from 1911 to 1919, and director there from 1919 to 1920. In 1921, he became the director at the Budapest Municipal Theatre, where he remained until 1926. For many years he taught conducting at the Budapest Academy of Music. He composed twelve operas of which only six have been performed professionally.
He was the grandson of the composer Kornel Abranyi.
A kodkiraly (The King of Mist) (1 act, libretto by A. Pasztor, 17 May 1903, Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest)
Monna Vanna (3 acts, libretto by Emil Abranyi, Sr. (father of the composer) after Maeterlinck's drama of the same name, 2 March 1907, Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest).
Paolo es Francesca (3 acts, libretto after Dante by Emil Abranyi, Sr., 13 January 1912, Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest)
Don Quijote (3 acts, libretto after Cervantes by Emil Abranyi, Sr., 30 November 1917, Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest)
Ave Maria: Majusi intermezzo (A May Intermezzo) (1 act, 25 February 1922, Budapest Municipal Theatre)
A vak katona (The Blind Soldier) (1 act, libretto by E. Sas., 11 June 1923, Budapest Municipal Theatre).
Az eneklo dervis (The Singing Dervish) (2 acts, libretto by N. W. Khayatt, 1937, unperformed)
Liliomos herceg (The Prince of the Lilies) (3 acts, libretto by Bohdaneczky, 1938, unperformed).
Bizanc (Byzantium) (3 acts, libretto by E. Innocent-Vincze, after F. Herczeg, 1942, unperformed)
Eva boszorkany (Eva the Witch) (3 acts, libretto after F. Herczeg., 1944, unperformed)
Balatoni rege (A Balaton Legend) (3 acts, libretto after F. Herczeg., 1945, unperformed)
A Tamas-templom karnagya (The Cantor of the St. Thomas Church) (3 acts, libretto by G. Lang., 1947, unperformed; the first opera written on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach)
