Organization

Singer

Tenor

Zoltán Nyári

István

Mezzo-soprano

Ildikó Komlósi

Sarolt

Soprano

Rita Rácz

Gizella

Kinga Kriszta

Bass-baritone

Attila Dobak

Vecellin

Boldizsár László

Torda

Attila Fekete

Laborc

Bass

András Kőrösi

Zoltán Megyesi

Solt

Péter Kiss

First bard

Tivadar Kiss

Second bard

Zsófia Nagy

Boglárka

Laura Topolánszky

Picur

Stage director

Miklós Szinetár

Costume designer

Rita Velich

Set designer

Balázs Horesnyi

Choreographer

Bertalan Vári

Dramaturge

Eszter Orbán

Chorus master

Gábor Csiki

Nikolett Hajzer

Translator

Arthur Roger Crane

Zoltán Bátki Fazekas

Asztrik

András Káldi Kiss

Baritone

Antal Cseh

Koppány

Péter Balczó

János Szemenyei

Gabriella Balga

Réka

János Szerekován

Bese

Lusine Sahakyan

Saman woman

Diána Kiss

Enikő

First Narrator

Second Narrator

Conductor

Gergely Kesselyák

Zsófia Kálnay

András Kiss

A mourner

Hungarian State Opera

Hungarian

István, a király -  (Stephen the King)

Budapest

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

István, a király Szörényi

Public

Stephen the King

English

Approved

István, a király

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

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 stages the work with operatic instrumentation and opera singers. 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.

Stephen the King by Szörényi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Miklós Szinetár,, Conductor Gergely Kesselyák, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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