All Stars - Ráskó Eszter, Kőhalmi Zoltán, Szomszédnéni Produkciós Iroda, mv: Fülöp Viktor

Giuseppe Verdi REQUIEM Staged oratorio in Latin, with Hungarian, English, and Latin subtitles

György Ránki King Pomade's New Cothes

As it is a latent Kodály season, it seems only fitting that the concert at the OPERA honouring the events of 1956 should feature works by the composer. In that same year, the short-lived Revolutionary Council of Hungarian Intellectuals elected him as its president. Throughout his entire oeuvre, Kodály consistently reinforced Hungarian national identity. The programme gains both colour and a ceremonial character from the hymn-like and dance-infused compositions of his middle and later years.