Name: Fin de partie
Start: 2023-10-12
End: 2023-10-12
Location: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Organization

Conductor

Markus Stenz

Singer

Bass

Frode Olsen

Hamm

Baritone

Zsolt Haja

Clow

Mezzo-soprano

Hilary Summers

Nell

Tenor

Leonardo Cortellazzi

Nagg

Music Assistant

Szabolcs Sándor

Müpa Budapest

Orchestra

Danubia Orchestra

French

Fin de partie -  (Endgame)

Budapest

Hungary

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Fin de partie Kurtag

Public

Endgame

Hungarian

Approved

According to a critic, Kurtág's Fin de partie is a loving farewell to 20th-century modernism. Based on Samuel Beckett's drama, György Kurtág's opera was premiered in Milan in November 2018. The Teatro alla Scala's production was directed by Pierre Audi, and when it was later put on stage in Amsterdam, then in Valencia and Paris, the cast was the same. "The amputees of Beckett's bleak world now lose their brutal traits,” wrote a Dutch critic. "Kurtág lovingly envelopes them in the world of his music. His Endgame is human, almost affectionate.”
Endgame received one of the genre's most prestigious acknowledgements, the prize for the best world premiere of the year 2019 at the International Opera Awards. The Budapest performance features Danubia Orchestra, which actively contributed to preparatory work towards the world premiere, receiving instructions directly from the composer.

Opera in one act without interval, in French with Hungarian surtitles.

English

Endgame by Kurtág, Thu 12 Oct 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Markus Stenz, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary

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Crew

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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