| Hungarian State Opera | |||
| Balázs Kocsár | Conductor | ||
| Michał Znaniecki | Director | ||
| Luigi Scoglio | Set Designer | ||
| Magdalena Dabrowska | Costume Designer | ||
| Hungarian State Opera Orchestra | |||
| Bogumil Palewicz | Lighting Designer | ||
| Erika Gál | Mezzo-soprano | Háziasszony (housewife) | |
| Atala Schöck | Mezzo-soprano | Háziasszony (housewife) | |
| Levente Molnár | Baritone | Kérője (suitor) | |
| Zsolt Haja | Baritone | Kérője (suitor) | |
| Adorján Pataki | Tenor | Fiatal Legény (young man) | |
| Gergely Ujvári | Tenor | Fiatal Legény (young man) | |
| Andrea Rost | Soprano | Fiatal Leány (young girl) | |
| Rita Rácz | Soprano | Fiatal Leány (young girl) | |
| Orsolya Sáfár | Soprano | Fiatal Leány (young girl) | |
| Zoltán Gradsach | Baritone | A Nagyorrú Bolha (flea) | |
| Lajos Geiger | Baritone | A Nagyorrú Bolha (flea) | |
| Andrea Edina Ulbrich | Mezzo-soprano | Szomszédasszony (neighbour) | |
| Bernadett Wiedemann | Mezzo-soprano | Szomszédasszony (neighbour) | 2016 Sep 29, Oct 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 09 mat, 11, 12, 23, 2017 May 28 mat, Jun 03 |
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
The Spinning Room is the epitome of Kodály's efforts. When the Opera commissioned a full-length version of the work from the composer in 1931, it wasn't an opera that Kodály intended to write – instead his aim was to re-discover the Hungarian folk song and relay its simple dramatic power.
Kodály was of Polish extraction on his mother's side. And now, breaking with convention, audiences will get the chance to see through the eyes of a Polish director, Michał Znaniecki, how a foreign artist perceives this quintessentially Hungarian work.