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Hungarian State Opera

Tenor

Zoltán Nyári

István

Mezzo-soprano (+6)

Andrea Meláth

Sarolt

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

István Silló

Stage director

Miklós Szinetár

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Balázs Horesnyi

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Rita Velich

Choreographer

Bertalan Vári

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+2)

Eszter Orbán

Translator

Translator (+2)

Arthur Roger Crane

Chorusmaster

Director (+5)

Nikolett Hajzer

Chorusmaster (+7)

Gábor Csiki

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House

Soprano (+3)

Rita Rácz

Gizella

Baritone (+3)

András Káldi Kiss

Asztrik

Bass-baritone (+3)

Attila Dobak

Vecellin

Bass-baritone (+2)

Antal Cseh

Koppány

Tenor (+1)

Péter Balczó

Torda

Tenor (+2)

János Szemenyei

Laborc

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Melinda Heiter

Réka

János Szerekován

Bese

Bass (+3)

András Kőrösi

Benjámin Beeri

First bard

Tenor (+3)

Gergely Ujvári

Second bard

Soprano (+4)

Lusine Sahakyan

Saman woman

Orsolya Bagosi

Boglárka

Soprano

Enikő Mentes-Soós

Enikő

Bass (+1)

Péter Fried

Gyászoló

Baritone (+4)

Dávid Tarnai

Pázmány

Zoltán Bátki Fazekas

First Narrator

Second Narrator

Eiffel Art Studios

Gabriella Rea Fenyvesi

Picur

Child vocalist (+4)

Vivienne Ortan

Pál Botond

Solt

Márió Matyó

Hont

Chorus

Chorus of the Hungarian State Opera

Children's Choir of the Hungarian State Opera House

Ballet

Hungarian National Ballet

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 interpretation of Miklós Szinetár,  the doyen of Hungarian directors.

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