János Vajda: Don Perlimplín/Don Cristóbal

János Vajda: Don Perlimplín/Don Cristóbal

János Vajda’s two operas are based on two puppet-plays written by Federico García Lorca. Both of them present a love story of an elderly man and a young girl. One of them tells us a sad story, the other one shows us a cheerful one. This way Don Perlimplín and Don Cristóbal are functioning as pairs and as opposites at the same time. Besides the musical and thematic similarities they reveal the comical and the tragical side of loves as if they were each other’s reflections.

Kettő az egyben – interjú Vajda Jánossal

Vastaps és ováció a Miskolci Operafesztiválon

Haja Zsolt: „A maximumot szeretném nyújtani.”

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Fotó: András Máthé

cast

The scenario is written by Szanolcs Várady on the basis of Federico García Lorca’s short stories

Dramaturg: Katalin Györgyfalvay

Conductor: Géza Török

Don Perlimplín

Don Perlimplín
Zsolt Haja

Belisa
Ágnes Rendes/Barbara Bordás

Marcolfa
Annamária Kovács

Mother
Marianna Bódi / Éva Báthori

I. goblin
Dénes Gulyás/János Szerekován

II. goblin
Sándor Böjte

Don Cristóbal

Don Cristóbal
János Tóth

Rosita
Ildikó Szakács/ Viktória Denk / Melinda Balla

Mother
Marianna Bódi / Éva Báthori

Theatre director
István Rácz/ Imre Ürmössy

Poet
Dénes Gulyás/János Szerekován

Patient
Sándor Böjte

Dancer
Tibor Steuer

Clarinetist
Tibor Áchim

With the participation of the Kodály Philharmonics Debrecen

Conducting répétiteur:
Cecília Szentai

Répétiteur:
István Kunsági

Choreographer:
Péter Gemza

Set Designer:
György Árvai

Costume Designer:
Edit Szűcs

Stage Manager:
Krisztián Szabó

Prompter:
Viktória Dihen

Director’s assistant:
Barbara Bakai

Director: László Keszég

First Performance::

Miskolc: National Theatre Miskolc: 18. June 2013,

Debrecen: Csokonai National Theatre: 22. November 2013

A co-production of the Csokonai National Theatre and the Bartók Plus Operafestival

Running time 2 hours 25 minutes with one intermission.

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