Garbage bins and shopping trolleys

Par Zoltán Szabó, 11 décembre 2017

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Critique faite à Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest, le 9 décembre 2017

Humperdinck, Hansel et Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel)

Opéra d'État hongrois

János Kovács, Direction

Rafael R. Villalobos, Mise en scène, Costumes

Emanuele Sinisi, Décors

Zsófia Kálnay, Hansel

Gabriella Balga, Hansel

Helga Nánási, Gretel

Mária Celeng, Gretel

Csaba Szegedi, Peter (le père)

Zsolt Haja, Peter (le père)

Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz, Gertrude (la mère)

Atala Schöck, Gertrude (la mère)

Judit Németh, La Sorcière

Bernadett Wiedemann, La Sorcière

Krisztina Simon, Le Marchand de sable

Eszter Zavaros, Le Marchand de sable

Ildikó Jakab, La Fée rosée

Ingrid Kertesi, La Fée rosée

Budapest accueille ses Enfants terribles

Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 13th November

Jean Cocteau rencontre Philip Glass à l'Opéra d'État hongrois, dans le cadre neuf de l'Eiffel Art Studios, et cette production des Enfants terribles se déroule à un tempo infernal !

****1

All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16th November

Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.

**111

A thrilling, opulent La Bayadère at Hungarian National Ballet

Gianmarco Segato, 14th June

Hungarian National Ballet's La Bayadère revitalizes tradition with a new reconstruction of its forgotten final act.

*****

Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Gianmarco Segato, 11th June

Hungarian State Opera's cut-down, dramatically inert Gioconda fails to ignite the stage in Budapest, despite a solid musical foundation.

***11

Stumbling towards the chopping block: Maria Stuarda in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 14th May

Martin Rajna's energetic conducting and Gabriella Balga's glorious Elisabetta are the bright spots in this flashy but empty house premiere of Donizetti's classic.

**111

Hungarian National Ballet: a tremendously witty Merry Widow

Deborah Weiss, 12th February

Hungarian National Ballet strike a delightful balance between lighthearted comedy and technical assurance in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Garbage bins and shopping trolleys: a disappointing new Hänsel und Gretel in Budapest