Kálmán’s The Duchess of Chicago beguiles Budapest

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 25 April 2016

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Reviewed at Budapesti Operettszínház (Operetta Theatre), Budapest on 23 April 2016

Kálmán, Die Herzogin von Chicago (The Duchess of Chicago)

Budapest Operetta Theatre

Tamás Bolba, Conductor

Attila Béres, Director

Balázs Horesnyi, Set Designer

Rita Velich, Costume Designer

Zsolt Homonnay, Prinz Sandor Boris

Mónika Fischl, Miss Mary Lloyd

Szilvi Szendy, Prinzessin Rosemarie Sonjuschka

Máté Kerényi, James Bondy

Ottlik Ádám, Mr Benjamin Lloyd

Budapest Operetta Theatre Choir

Budapest Operetta Theatre Ballet

Budapest Operetta Theatre Orchestra

Students of MÁV Pesti Broadway Studio

Zsuzsa Kalocsai, Soprano

Andrea Szulák, Soprano

Annamária Zábrádi, Soprano

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.