W.A. Mozart: The Magic Flute A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

It has taken fifty years for the acoustically refined Solti Hall to regain, as part of the reconstruction of the building on Liszt Ferenc Square, its original form and operatic function. Now the public have the opportunity to gauge the success of this endeavour in a brand-new production by the Liszt Academy. It comes as no surprise to find that The Magic Flute by Mozart is the work chosen to inaugurate the 21st century history of opera performances in the Solti Hall, since this is perhaps the ultimate masterpiece of opera. The production is founded on the talents of rising stars of Hungarian opera, as well as recent graduates of the Singing Department, headed by Andrea Meláth. Artistic director Éva Marton and director and professor of stage performance András Almási-Tóth, who has invited young people to attend the performance, have actually positioned the Liszt Academy – or to be more precise the Art Nouveau building – at the centre of the performance and made it the backdrop to the whole production. In the performance, the Liszt Academy itself becomes the symbol of music; after all, what other than music would be capable of bringing into harmony the eternal opposites of darkness and light, intellect and emotion, heightened concept and natural instinct, Sarastro and the Queen of the Night?