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Description
Szomor - Pejtsik - Miklós:
ELISABETH BÁHORY - the musical
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:00 (rain date: 11 June)
23/20/2023 (on 11th June, rain date: 20/20/20) Margaret Island Open-Air Stage
The performance is not recommended for children under 12.
A co-production between the Margaret Island Theatre and the Hungarian Opera of Cluj
After its premiere in 2012, this exhilarating production will be presented again in the summer of 2023 as a co-production of the Margaret Island Theatre and the Hungarian Opera of Cluj-Napoca.
This spectacular performance explores a still controversial, legendary female figure in a stylistic and genre-defining form. The musical opera Elisabeth Báthory tells the mysterious story of the legendary Hungarian countess.
Legend or reality? Conception or unfulfilled love? Murderer or victim? Elisabeth Báthory: the woman, the mother, the wife, the lover. A strong but sensitive woman, besieged by jealousy and the desire for power, the musical is composed with operatic ambition and a rich melodic range. Her character has inspired numerous literary works, poems, novels and films in Hungary and abroad, and is associated with secrets, jealousy, love, desire, eroticism, sensitivity and sadism.
The musical opera is written by Tibor Miklós (Anna Karenina, Abigel, Be Good Till Death, Dance of the Bride, The Star-Crossers) and has music by György Szomor (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Count of Monte Cristo, Robin Hood). The production was staged by Bertalan Bagó with set design by Rita Vereckei and costume design by Bori Kiss and choreographed by Péter Novák.
The legend will soon be revived!
