Erkel's Hunyadi László a visual feast, but lacks Magyar spirit

Von George Jahn, 15 März 2022

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“the production matches the opulent venue in all its eye-candy”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest, am 13 März 2022

Erkel, Hunyadi László

Hungarian State Opera

Balázs Kocsár, Musikalische Leitung

Szilveszter Ókovács, Regie

Krisztina Lisztopád, Bühnenbild

Dániel Pataky, László V

Klára Kolonits, Erzsébet Szilágyi

Szabolcs Brickner, László Hunyadi

Gabriella Balga, Mátyás Hunyadi

Gábor Bretz, Miklós Gara

Erika Miklósa, Mária

András Palerdi, Ulrik Cillei

Attila Erdős, Rozgonyi

Tamás Solymosi, Choreographie

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Hungarian State Opera Chorus

Gábor Csiki, Tenor

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***11

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George Jahn

George Jahn is the former Vienna bureau chief of The Associated Press. During his 35-year career at the global news organization, he covered wars, politics... and opera, reviewing productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival and other houses in Austria and Germany. He has also written for Opera Now and International Piano magazines in London. Those he has interviewed include Matthias Goerne, Vesselina Kasarova, Thomas Hampson and Mariss Jansons. George holds or shares awards for his reporting on U.N. affairs and for his coverage of the Bosnian war. A Canadian/Hungarian citizen, he splits his time between residences in Vienna and Budapest.

Erkel's Hunyadi László a visual feast, but lacks Magyar spirit in Budapest's grand reopening