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Conductor

Ádám Cser

Stage director

Miklós Szinetár

Set designer

Balázs Horesnyi

Costume designer

Rita Velich

Choreographer

Bertalan Vári

Dramaturge

Eszter Orbán

Chorus master

Gábor Csiki

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Andrea Meláth

Sarolt

Soprano

Kinga Kriszta

Gizella

Tenor

Tibor Szappanos

Asztrik

Bass-baritone

Attila Dobak

Vecellin

Baritone

Antal Cseh

Koppány

Boldizsár László

Torda

János Szemenyei

Laborc

Zsófia Kálnay

Réka

János Szerekován

Bese

Zoltán Megyesi

Solt

Bass

András Kőrösi

Zoltán Bátki Fazekas

First Narrator

András Káldi Kiss

Second Narrator

Lusine Sahakyan

Saman woman

Orsolya Bagosi

Boglárka

Júlia Magassy

Picur

Kolos Kováts

A mourner

Márió Matyó

Hont

Dávid Tarnai

Pázmány

Nikolett Hajzer

Translator

Arthur Roger Crane

Zoltán Nyári

István

Benjámin Beeri

First bard

Gergely Ujvári

Second bard

Enikő Mentes-Soós

Enikő

Hungarian State Opera

Others

Children's Choir of the Hungarian State Opera House

Orchestra

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

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Hungarian National Ballet

Choir of the Hungarian State Opera

Hungarian

István, a király -  (Stephen the King)

Budapest

Hungary

Erkel Színház

István, a király Szörényi

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Stephen the King

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István, a király

A rockopera szimfonikus operaváltozata két részben, magyar nyelven, angol felirattalA magyar rockopera- és musicaltermés messze legsikeresebb darabja, az Ist...

Rock-opera production in two parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and instrumentation that gives the rock music universal perspectives. The poems for Levente Szörényi, who approached one of the fundamental stories in Hungarian history through Miklos Boldizsar’s play titled Ezredforduló (Turn of the Millennium), was written by his old co-author János Bródy. The Hungarian State Opera production staged the work with operatic instrumentation and opera singers in 2020. Thanks to the entirely symphonic score by composer Levente Gyöngyösi and the opera singers participating in the production, the work completely sheds the need for amplification, allowing new treasures to be discovered in the atmosphere of Hungary’s largest theatre, the Erkel in the interpretation of Miklós Szinetár,  the doyen of Hungarian directors.

This production has been made possible through the mediation of the Zikkurat Stage Agency and Melody Kft.

Composer
Szörényi Levente
Librettist
János Bródy
Original work by
Miklós Boldizsár
Orchestrated by
Levente Gyöngyösi
Director
Miklós Szinetár
Set designer
Balázs Horesnyi
Costume designer
Rita Velich
Choreographer
Bertalan Vári
Dramaturg
Eszter Orbán
English subtitles
Arthur Roger Crane
Chorus director
Gábor Csiki
Video mapping
Limelight
Head of the Children’s Chorus
Nikolett Hajzer

Conductor
Ádám Cser
István
Zoltán Nyári
Sarolt
Andrea Meláth
Gizella
Kinga Kriszta
Asztrik
Tibor Szappanos
Vecellin
Attila Dobák
Koppány
Antal Cseh
Torda
Boldizsár László
Laborc
János Szemenyei
Réka
Zsófia Kálnay
Bese
János Szerekován
Solt
Zoltán Megyesi
Sur
András Kőrösi
First Narrator
Zoltán Bátki Fazekas
Second Narrator
András Káldi Kiss
First bard
Benjámin Beeri univ. stud.
Second bard
Gergely Ujvári
Shamaness
Lusine Sahakyan
Boglárka
Orsolya Bagosi
Enikő
Enikő Mentes-Soós
Picur
Júlia Magassy
A mourner
Kolos Kováts
Hont
Márió Matyó
Pázmány
Dávid Tarnai
Featuring the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Children's Chorus, as well as pupils of the Hungarian Dance Universtiy

Stephen the King by Szörényi, From (2024/2024), Directed by Miklós Szinetár,, Conductor Ádám Cser, Erkel Színház, Budapest, Hungary

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