Monteverdi’s final work for the stage dates from 1642, meaning the dawn of the genre of opera. It is customary to consider this music by the 75-year-old master to be the first true opera, which both back then and ever since has been praised for its originality, its melodiousness as well as for its multi-layered depiction of the human features of the characters. From all of this, it appears that Poppea’s relevance has not changed one whit over the course of the centuries. The piece will be staged by András Almási-Tóth at the Eiffel Art Studios in an unusual format: the Opera has commissioned Máté Bella to create a rescored new version spiced with contemporary musical elements.
The opera exam is a co-production of the Hungarian State Opera and the Liszt Academy of Music.
Professors: Prof. emer. Ks. Éva Marton, Andrea Meláth, Péter Fried, Ildikó Iván
Répétiteurs: Gábor Alszászy, Gabriella Gyökér, Mariann Holló, Tamás Kéry, Péter Oberfrank, Imola Pogány, Gábor Rózsa, Emese Virág
Musical director of the Opera Department: Szabolcs Sándor
Head of Department: Andrea Meláth
AUTHORS
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi / Máté Bella
Librettist: Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Director: András Almási-Tóth
Dramaturg of the adaptation: Eszter Orbán
Costume designer: Krisztina Lisztopád
Movement director: Eszter Lázár
Hungarian surtitles based on the translation of Anna Mária Kovács by: András Almási-Tóth
English surtitles: Arthur Roger Crane
