Budapest welcomes its Enfants Terribles

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 15 November 2021

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“The whole work unfolds at an infernal tempo: the hour and a half of the show passes by in an instant”

Reviewed at Eiffel Art Studios: Bánffy Stage, Budapest on 13 November 2021

Glass, Les Enfants terribles

Hungarian State Opera

Péter Dobszay, Conductor

Dóra Barta, Director, Choreography

Ildikó Tihanyi, Set Designer

Andrea Kovács, Costume Designer

Zoltán Katonka, Lighting Designer

András Almási-Toth, Dramaturgy

Szilvia Rálik, Élisabeth

Lőrinc Kósa, Paul

Botond Ódor, Gérard

Zsófia Kálnay, Dargelos/Agathe

Inés Furuhashi-Huber, Dancer

Carlos Taravillo Mahillo, Dancer

Levente Bajári, Dancer

Ildikó Boros, Dancer

András Rónai, Dancer

Bálint Zsoldos, Piano

Andrea Fernandes, Piano

Sámuel Tóth, Piano

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.

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