Marco Tutino: Embers A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The Armel Opera Competition and Festival reaches back to the operatic practices of earlier centuries in that singers with the finest voices and acting abilities are invited to perform in specific productions. After all, Monteverdi, Händel, Mozart and Rossini did not think in terms of abstract roles but real life singers. The Armel jury auditioning in several parts of the world seeks out the most appropriate candidates for two lead roles in opera productions from five different countries. This is the first time that the Liszt Academy is hosting two chamber operas in the festival broadcast by ARTE / ARTE Concert, Mezzo and Duna TV. On the first evening, the audience of the Sir Georg Solti Chamber Hall are presented with a work by Marco Tutino (60), known as an experienced opera composer and ranked among the Italian neo-romantic composers. The opera Embers bases itself on the novel of the same name by Sándor Márai. The two friends who become rivals in love are played by bass singer with the Szeged National Theatre Tamás Altorjay, the only Hungarian qualifier at last year’s Armel competition, and Frenchman Jean-Philippe Biojout, who is equally active as a writer, editor and singer.