How else would the Opera celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation than by staging Les Huguenots, the wonderful grand opéra by Giacomo Meyerbeer?
The story is based on one of the most horrible events in the French Wars of Religion: the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre, when thousands of French Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots) gathered in Paris were butchered with the assent of the king.
The piece is one of the most brilliant examples of French grande opera, conquering the entire globe soon after its world premiere in Paris. It has remained one of the most popular and frequently played operatic works ever since.
Details
Location Erkel Theatre
Date Nov. 10, 2017
Start time 18:00
End time 22:00
Cast
Conductor
Oliver von Dohnányi
Marguerite de Valois, queen of Navarre
Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser
Urbain, the queen's page
Melinda Heiter
Count of Saint-Bris
Tamás Busa
Valentine, daughter of the Count of Saint-Bris
Kinga Kriszta
Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman
Boldizsár László
Marcel, Raoul's servant
Gábor Bretz
Count of Nevers
Csaba Sándor
Cossé, a Catholic gentleman
József Mukk
Tavannes, a Catholic gentleman
Béla Turpinszky Gippert
Thoré, a Catholic gentleman
Ferenc Cserhalmi
De Retz, a Catholic gentleman
Zoltán Gradsach
Méru, a Catholic gentleman
Attila Erdős
Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman
Zsolt Molnár
Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier
László Beöthy-Kiss
Valet
Dániel Roska
First maid of honour
Judit Kerék
Second maid of honour
Mónika Németh
Town crier
Attila Búra
First monk
Gábor Csiki
Second monk
Géza Zsigmond
Third monk
Attila Fenyvesi
First Protestant second
Géza Zsigmond
Second Protestant second
Attila Fenyvesi
Credits
Librettist
Eugène Scribe / Émile Deschamps
Director
János Szikora
Set designer
Balázs Horesnyi
Costume designer
Yvette Alida Kovács
Choreographer
Csaba Sebestyén
Hungarian surtitles
Judit Kenesey
English surtitles
Arthur Roger Crane
Chorus director
Kálmán Strausz
Assistant chorus master
Gábor Csiki
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