Program

John the Valiant

Erkel Theatre
II. János Pál pápa tér 30., 1087 Budapest

Pongrác Kacsóh
JOHN THE VALIANT
Singspiel in three parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles

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“Such a wonderful tale. Pongrác Kacsóh followed in the tracks of the poet without wiping off the butterfly wing scale with rough hands; his fantastic, gorgeous music is distinctly different from any operetta we have heard before with its Hungarian motives and genuine folk style”, reports on the 1904 premier of John the Valiant the newspaper called Újság. It might sound incredible, but the title role was played by the great prima donna Sári Fedák. “When I had sung ‘A single rose says it better’, the fate of the work was sealed. Everyone was crying in the audience, and I cried with them.” There was hardly a season since its opera house premier in 1931 when it was not included in the programme. With John the Valiant, the OPERA wishes to honour the 200th anniversary of Sándor Petőfi’s birth in 2023.

AUTHORS

Libretto by: Enikő Perczel | Máté Szabó

Original libretto based on the poem by Sándor Petőfi: Jenő Heltai | Károly Bakonyi

Adapted by: Sándor Palcsó Jr.

Director: Máté Szabó

Set designer: Balázs Horesnyi

Costume designer: Anni Füzér

Animation based on Győző Somogyi's drawings by: Dániel Huszár | Bálint Berkes | Zsombor Czeglédi

Graphic artist: Balázs Illés

Choreographer: Bertalan Vári

Dramaturg: Enikő Perczel

English subtitles: Arthur Roger Crane | Minka Benkő | Andrea Valkai