FAMOUS OPERA ARIAS AND OPERETTAS
Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser, Gergely Boncsér, Christoph Campestrini
| March 21, 2024 | |
| 7:30 PM | |
| Budapest | |
| MÜPA, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall | |
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SEASON TICKETS
Szőke Tibor season pass
PROGRAM
Erkel: Hunyadi László – parts (Overture, Aria of László – Act No 1, Palotás, La Grange aria)
Kodály: János Háry – Intermezzo
Kodály: Székelyfonó – “A csitári kettős”
Erkel: Dózsa – Weapon Dance
Erkel: Bánk bán – Aria of Melinda in the 2nd Act, My homeland, my homeland
Extracts from Johann Strauss', Ferenc Lehár's and Imre Kálmán's operettas
Kodály: János Háry – Intermezzo
Kodály: Székelyfonó – “A csitári kettős”
Erkel: Dózsa – Weapon Dance
Erkel: Bánk bán – Aria of Melinda in the 2nd Act, My homeland, my homeland
Extracts from Johann Strauss', Ferenc Lehár's and Imre Kálmán's operettas
FEATURING:
Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser - soprano
Gergely Boncsér – tenor
Gergely Boncsér – tenor
CONDUCTOR
Christoph Campestrini
Ádám Medveczky has taken the helm of the MÁV Symphony Orchestra many times since launching his conducting career in 1974 and enjoys a deep friendship with the ensemble. Although it was our wish to celebrate this 50-year anniversary with a special concert, illness on the part of the maestro sadly forces us to cancel the performance. As a token of our affection for him, we will still perform the programme he put together unchanged, with the orchestra playing under the baton of Austrian conductor Christoph Campestrini, a recurring guest for some years.
Due to the unexpected illness of Eszter Sümegi, soprano singer Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser will perform at our concert on 21 March, the other soloist of the evening will be tenor Gergely Boncsér.
Ádám Medveczky kicked off his conducting career after winning second prize at the first Hungarian Television International Conducting Competition in 1974, finishing behind Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi. An outstanding figure in the world of the Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian musical life as a whole, he has conducted more than sixty different operas and countless concerts over the course of his career. This winner of Hungary's most prestigious awards and recognitions is particularly fond of and dedicated to conducting pieces by Hungarian composers - Liszt, Erkel, Bartók and Kodály. On the programme summarising his life's work this evening are arias, songs and orchestral excerpts from several dramatic works by Erkel and Kodály, as well as from popular operettas, which have never been far from his heart either. Adding their voices will be two outstanding opera singers: Eszter Sümegi and Gergely Boncsér. Taking the podium at this concert organised in Medveczky's honour will be Christoph Campestrini, for years a regular guest conductor with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra.
Due to the unexpected illness of Eszter Sümegi, soprano singer Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser will perform at our concert on 21 March, the other soloist of the evening will be tenor Gergely Boncsér.
Ádám Medveczky kicked off his conducting career after winning second prize at the first Hungarian Television International Conducting Competition in 1974, finishing behind Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi. An outstanding figure in the world of the Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian musical life as a whole, he has conducted more than sixty different operas and countless concerts over the course of his career. This winner of Hungary's most prestigious awards and recognitions is particularly fond of and dedicated to conducting pieces by Hungarian composers - Liszt, Erkel, Bartók and Kodály. On the programme summarising his life's work this evening are arias, songs and orchestral excerpts from several dramatic works by Erkel and Kodály, as well as from popular operettas, which have never been far from his heart either. Adding their voices will be two outstanding opera singers: Eszter Sümegi and Gergely Boncsér. Taking the podium at this concert organised in Medveczky's honour will be Christoph Campestrini, for years a regular guest conductor with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra.