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Giacomo Puccini: Edgar

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Opera Highlights

Every Wednesday at 8 p.m., we broadcast highlights of the operas that had to be cancelled. Starting with Edgar by Puccini, viewers can see the most important excerpts featuring soloists of the Hungarian State Opera accompanied by piano. To enhance the experience, the costumes and parts of the sets created for the productions will also feature in these broadcasts.

Productions on stream:

23 September 2020 Puccini: EDGAR 
30 September 2020Puccini: MANON LESCALUT
7 October 2020 Bizet: CARMEN
14 October 2020 Verdi: UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
21 October 2020 Kodály: SPINNING ROOM 
28 October 2020 Testoni:  FANTASIO / FORTUNIO
4 November 2020 Offenbach: DIE RHEINNIXEN
11 November 2020 Mozart: THE IMPRESARIO / Menotti: THE TELEPHONE
18 November 2020 Gyöngyösi: THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
25 November 2020. R. Strauss: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN
2 December 2020 Mozart: L'OCA DELH CAIRO,OSSIA LO SPOSO DELUSO
9 December 2020 Saint-Saëns: SAMSON AND DELILAH
16 December 2020 Beethoven: FIDELIO
23 December 2020 Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
30 December 2020 J. Strauss: THE BAT

6 January 2021 Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
13 January 2021 Kenessey: THE WOMAN AND THE GOLD / Örkény – Tóth: THE TÓT FAMILY
20 January 2021 J. Strauss: THE GYPSY BARON 
27 January 2021 Orff: CARMINA BURANA
3 February 2021 Goldmark: DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA
10 February 2021 THE HUNGARIAN OPERA DAY
17 February 2021 Massenet: WERTHER  
24 February 2021 Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY 
3 March 2021 Lendvay: THE RESPECTFUL PROSTITUTE / Saint-Saëns: THE YELLOW PRINCESSE
15 March 2021 Erkel: BÁNK BÁN
24 March 2021 Bach – Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: ST. MATTHEW PASSION
31 March 2021 Mascagni: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

GIACOMO PUCCINI: EDGAR
Edgar is Puccini’s most rarely performed opera composed after the success of Le Villi. It is valued mostly for the musical shaping, which is rich in dramatic effects, lavishing praise especially on the
requiem. Set in 14th-century Flanders, the story’s characters bear revealing names. Edgar (wealth), the “anti-hero” destined for victory and loved by two woman who want him for themselves, abandons the embodiment of pure love, Fidelia (faithfulness) for the demonic courtesan Tigrana (the tigress). This leads to all the complications and the moral questions they raise: the burning down of the home, the protagonist enlisting as a soldier to escape from a lover he is now tired of and having himself declared dead, later taking part in his own funeral in disguise, being shamed as a traitor, the bribery of Tigrana, and finally, the murder.

CAST
Edgar: Hector Lopez Mendoza
Tigrana: Balga Gabriella
Fidelia: Bakonyi Anikó
Frank: Haja Zsolt
Gualtiero: Kovács István

Featuring on piano: Kálmán Szennai

Original production by Ádám Tulassay
Highlights staged by Mária Harangi
Set designer: Cziegler Balázs
Costume designer: Móni Szelei