Siegfried-idyll / Chrysanthemums

Starting in 2018 and inspired by dramas that are themselves part of opera history, the Opera has attempted to both support contemporary Hungarian literature and serve the cause of opera itself. It first commissioned poet and dramatist Balázs Szálinger, one of the outstanding authors of his generation and one who is much in demand, to write Siegfried Idyll, about the remarkable relationship between Wagner and Nietzsche. He then went on to treat the tragedy of Doria Manfredi, an episode in Puccini’s life full of jealousy, love and misunderstandings, in a piece titled Crisantemi. Serving as the musical background of the former is Géza Köteles’s arrangement of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll. In the latter, the moving biographical scenes are accompanied by Puccini’s string quartet Crisantemi and a few marvellous excerpts from his operas.

Siegfried Idyll, or The End of a Friendship

General cast

Conductor

 

N.N.

 

Richard Wagner

 

András Kőrösi

 

Friedrich Nietzsche

 

Balázs Csémy

 

Cosima Wagner

 

Judit Schell

 

Elisabeth

 

Dóra Létay

 

Ballet dancers

 

N.N.

Credits

Librettist

 

Szálinger Balázs

 

Musical director

 

Géza Köteles

 

Concept by

 

Szilveszter Ókovács

 

Director

 

Péter Kálloy Molnár

 

Set designer

 

László Székely

 

Costume designer

 

Győri Gabi

 

Choreographer

 

Marianna Venekei

 

Featuring

 

the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra's String Quartet

Premiere

 

May 13, 2018

Chrysanthemums, or The Death of Liù

General cast

Elvira

 

Tankó Erika

 

Puccini

 

Olasz Renátó

 

Doria

 

Mészöly Anna

 

Fosca

 

Bajor Lili

 

Giulia

 

Stork Natasa

 

Tenor

 

Gergely Boncsér

 

Soprano

 

Lilla Horti

Credits

Dramatist

 

Szálinger Balázs

 

Music by

 

Giacomo Puccini

 

Concept by

 

Szilveszter Ókovács

 

Director

 

Bálint Szilágyi

 

Visual designer

 

Sándor Márkus

 

Dramaturg

 

Eszter Orbán

 

Music director

 

Géza Köteles

 

Featuring on piano

 

Szilvia Mikó

Premiere

 

June 8, 2019