The most important class, however, for me and for hundreds of other Hungarian musicians, was the chamber-music class. From about the age of fourteen, and until graduation from the Academy, all instrumentalists except the heavy-brass players and percussionists had to participate in this course. Presiding over it for many years was the composer Leó Weiner, who thus exercised an enormous influence on three generations of Hungarian musicians.

Sir Georg Solti
The Magic Flute

1 December 2019, 19.00-22.00

Solti Hall

The Magic Flute Presented by Liszt Academy

Mozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620

Opera Students of the Liszt Academy (head of department: Andrea Meláth)
Sarastro: Géza Gábor
Tamino: Miroslav Sykora
The Queen of the Night: Dalma Süle
Pamina: Hiroko Katoh
Papageno: Ferenc Endrész
Papagena: Laura Topolánszky
Old priest: Pál Mátyás Tóth
Young priest: Attila Varga Tóth
First lady: Natália Tuznik
Second lady: Anna Fürjes
Third lady: Alexandra Ruszó
Monostatos: Barna Bartos
Flutist: Dominika Ács
First child: Dominik Jobbágy, Kíra Gálbory
Second child: Orsolya Richter, Csenge Sitkei-Magyar
Third child: Zsuzsanna Ercsey, Sári Jutasi
Ministers: Ábel Mezei, Zsombor Bodó, János Suba
Slaves: Eszter Asbolt, Zsófia Tuza, Luca Pecz-Péli, Réka Kovács, Flóra Frank, Attila Kercsó, Eszter Maczó, Dorottya Túri, Boglárka Holecz
Translator: Dániel Varró
Set design concept: András Almási-Tóth
Scenery: Krisztina Lisztopád
Costumes: Maison Marquise by Bori Tóth
Musical assistants: Mónika Baja, Szabolcs Sándor
Choreographer: Noémi Kulcsár
Director: András Almási-Tóth
Hungarian State Opera House Children's Choir (choir master: Nikolett Hajzer)
New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Chorus (choirmaster: László Norbert Nemes)
Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ádám Medveczky

Since reconstruction of the Liszt Academy, the Sir Georg Solti Chamber Hall has once again started functioning as a stage for operas and other events. The first opera production organized here after the reopening in 2013 was a performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute under the artistic direction of Éva Marton. The production was directed by András Almási-Tóth, teacher of stage technique in the Department of Vocal and Opera Studies; the speciality of his vision was that the Liszt Academy itself, its marvellous Art Nouveau palace designed by Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl, should be centre stage and the backdrop to the performance. What else would be qualified to bring into harmony the opposites of darkness and light, sense and emotion, Sarastro and the Queen of the Night if not music? The production was such a success that it featured on the programme of the academy until 2015. Now, after a gap of four years, it is back again, building on students of the singing department now headed by Andrea Meláth.

Presented by

Liszt Academy Concert Centre

Tickets:

HUF 3 500, 4 500