Faust Festival @ Opera House, On Until 31 May
- 14 May 2015 1:55 AM
Similar to 2014 when the Strauss150 Festival crowned our local Opera House's 130th season, the forthcoming Faust225 Festival aims to present 'the most concentrated event of this season', on the 225th anniversary of the first publication of Goethe’s Faust – A Fragment. Five brilliant pieces built on the topic of Faust can be heard, among them the premiere of Gounod’s opera and the Hungarian premiere of Busoni’s work. Also including a rare concert by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra to conclude the series that spans over two weeks featuring world-wide acclaimed Hungarian singers and international guest stars.
Gounod: Faust (new production) – 17, 19, 23, 26, 31 May
Opera in three parts, five acts, in French, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Director: Michał Znaniecki
Conductor: Maurizo Benini
Cast includes: Dario Schmunck, Gábor Bretz, Andrea Rost
Busoni: Doktor Faust (Hungarian premiere, semi-staged version) – 22, 24 May
Semi-staged opera in two acts, one part in German, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Director: Máté Szabó
Conductor: Gergely Vajda
Cast includes: Csaba Szegedi, Boldizsár László, Lajos Geiger, Éva Bátori
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress – 16, 20 May
Opera in three acts, in English with Hungarian and English surtitles
Director: Ferenc Anger
Conductor: Domonkos Héja
Cast includes: Péter Balczó, Tuomas Pursio, Eleanor Lyons, András Palerdi
Weber: Der Freischütz – 27, 29 May
Opera in three acts, in German, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Director: Sándor Zsótér
Conductor: Péter Halász
Cast includes: Beatrix Fodor, Rita Rácz, Krisztán Cser, Zoltán Nyári
Boito: Mefistofele – 28, 30 May
Opera in three parts, in Italian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Director: Balázs Kovalik
Conductor: Carlo Montanaro
Cast includes: András Palerdi, Attila Fekete, Gabriella Létay Kiss
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Concert (Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust) – 1 June
Conductor: Michael Schønwandt
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