Judit Kenesey

Education:
University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) Budapest, MA in theatre studies
Eötvös Loránd University, specialisation in Hungarian and French

Professional history:
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Hungarian State Opera, 2019), director: András Almási-Tóth, conductor: Gergely Kesselyák – dramaturg
Mozart: L’oca del Cairo ossia Lo sposo deluso (Hungarian State Opera, 2019), D: Attila Toronykőy, C: Pál Németh – dramaturg
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle (Hungarian State Opera, 2018), D: Kasper Holten, C: Péter Eötvös – dramaturg
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Co-Opera, 2018), D: Máté Szabó, C: István Silló – translator, dramaturg
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore (Hungarian State Opera, 2018), D: Attila Toronykőy, C: Ádám Cser – dramaturg
J. Strauss Jr: Der Zigeunerbaron (Hungarian State Opera, 2017), D: Miklós Szinetár, C: Domonkos Héja – dramaturg
Kodály: Háry János (Palace of Arts Budapest, 2017), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Imre Palló – dramaturg
Rossini: L’italiana in Algeri (Hungarian State Opera, 2017), D: Máté Szabó, C: Francesco Lanzillotta – dramaturg
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hungarian State Opera, 2016), D: Máté Szabó, C: Dominic Wheeler – dramaturg
Kodály: The Spinning Room (Hungarian State Opera, 2016), Director: Michał Znaniecki, Conductor: Balázs Kocsár – dramaturg
Verdi: La traviata (Hungarian State Opera, 2016), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Domonkos Héja – dramaturg
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Szeged Open-Air Festival, National Theatre of Miskolc, 2016), D: Máté Szabó, C: Gergely Kesselyák – dramaturg
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (Hungarian State Opera, 2016), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Christian Badea – dramaturg
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), Director: Ferenc Anger, Conductor: Eric Nielsen – dramaturg
Giordano: Fedora (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Nina Dudek, C: Katalin Szirtes – dramaturg
Gounod: Faust (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Michał Znaniecki, C: Maurizio Benini – dramaturg
Busoni: Doktor Faust (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Máté Szabó, C: Gergely Vajda – dramaturg
Vivaldi: Farnace (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Pál Németh – dramaturg
Donizetti: I pazzi per progetto (Madmen by Design) (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Bálint Szilágyi, C: Géza Köteles – dramaturg
Massenet: Werther (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: János Szikora, C: Michel Plasson – dramaturg
Puccini: Il trittico (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Gergely Kesselyák – dramaturg
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Hungarian State Opera, 2015), D: Zita Szenteczki, C: László Bartal – dramaturg
Bizet: Carmen (Hungarian State Opera, 2014), D: Pál Oberfrank, C: Gergely Kesselyák – dramaturg
Boronkay–Markó: The Gooseherd (Theatre and Art Base, Zsámbék, 2014), D: Gábor Tengely – dramaturg
Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune – translator (with Zoltán Csehy)
Rossini: Le compte Ory (Budapest Spring Festival, 2010), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Tamás Pál – translator, dramaturg
Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice, ossia L'anima del filosofo (Hungarian State Opera, 2009), D: Sándor Zsótér, C: Adam Fischer – dramaturgical intern
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (National Theatre of Szeged, 2009), D: Ferenc Anger, C: Tamás Pál – dramaturg
Verdi: I vespri siciliani (Hungarian State Opera, 2009), D: Matthias von Stegmann, C: János Kovács – dramaturgical intern
Wilde: Bunbury (Radnóti Theatre, 2008), D: Péter Valló – dramaturgical intern
Verdi: Otello (National Theatre of Szeged, 2008), D: Ferenc Anger, Conductor: Tamás Pál – dramaturg
Gogol: Marriage (SZFE, 2007), D: Péter Gothár – director's assistant
Térey: Table Music (Radnóti Theatre, 2007), D: László Bagossy – dramaturg intern
de Filippo: Questi fantasmi (Ghosts – Italian Style) (Radnóti Theatre, 2007), D: Stefano de Luca – dramaturgical intern
Mozart: Ascanio in Alba (SZFE, 2006), D: Martina Veh – translator, dramaturg, librettist

Hungarian-language opera surtitles:
Bizet: Carmen
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Verdi: Aida, Otello, Il trovatore, Macbeth, Traviata
Giordano: Fedora
Gounod: Faust
Busoni: Doktor Faust
Vivaldi: Farnace
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi
Massenet: Werther
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, La bohème
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Meyerbeer: Les huguenots
Rossini: L’italiana in Algeri
The Gershwins®: Porgy and Bess
Péter Eötvös: Senza sangue
Ponchielli: La Gioconda