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Levente Gyöngyösi, author of the opera-musical version of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, blends elements of contemporary opera and light musical entertainment in a pleasant, clear style. This is how a rock band becomes part of the performing apparatus including a symphonic orchestra at the world premiere of this large-scale work. The music explores the depths of Bulgakov’s universal masterpiece.
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Jr. Butterfly Premiere in Hungary | Guest performance of the Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago
Phone’ symphonic installation for chorus and 100 gramophones – Hommage á Zoltán Kodály
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The Spinning Room is the epitome of Kodály’s efforts. When the Opera commissioned a full-length version of the work from the composer in 1931, it wasn’t an opera that Kodály intended to write – instead his aim was to re-discover the Hungarian folk song and rely on its simple dramatic power. Now, the audience will get the chance to see through the eyes of a Polish director, Michał Znaniecki, how a foreign artist perceives this quintessentially Hungarian work.
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Our world class soprano, Andrea Rost will be starring the production of Scaevola, the winning piece of the Opera Composition Competition launched by Bartók Plus. The main motif of this dramatic piece is the ancient story of Mucius Scaevola saving Rome with his bravery putting his right hand over burning fire. This heroic gesture is reiterated in the opera in a wartime situation at the turn of the Millennium.
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