The Superfluous Opera Director A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

What is a viola doing in the orchestra if it rarely gets a melody and it does not play the bass either? Why is a conductor needed when sometimes the orchestra gets along fine without him? What is the role of the score in classical music when many music cultures (folk music, jazz, Gregorian, etc.) managed and still manage without it? What do opera directors do and would they be missed by the singers and audience if they were not there? The Liszt Academy series for young people seeks answers to these and many other questions. On this the first occasion of the series the head of the Liszt Academy opera department, András Almási-Tóth, introduces children to the mysteries of opera directing. Through a variety of stage realizations of parts of Mozart operas we glimpse behind the scenes to see how an opera is actually staged, and at the end of the day the conclusion, naturally, is that although plenty could be said about opera directors, certainly they could not be said to be superfluous.