Pannon Philharmonic

Conductor

Riccardo Frizza

Riccardo Frizza studied at Conservatory of Music in Milan and at Chigiana Academy in Siena. In 1998 he won the International Competition of South Bohemia State-Philharmonic Conductors (Czech Republic). From 1994 to 2000, he was the resident conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of Brescia, performing Beethoven’s Symphonies and other… More

Soloist

Klára Kolonits

Elvira, betrothed to Arturo

Francesco Demuro

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Gábor Bretz

basso - Lord Walton, Governor, a Puritan

Miklós Sebestyén

basso - Sir George, Lord Walton’s Brother

Alexey Markov

bariton - Richard Forth, a Puritan Colonel

Ninh Duc Hoang Long

tenor - Sir Bruno Robertson

Andrea Szántó - prize-winner of the 3rd International Éva Marton Singing Competition

mezzo-soprano - Enrichetta di Francia (Madame Vill

Aleszja Popova

Maria Callas

Gilles Gubelmann

stage and costume design

Csaba Némedi

director

About the Programme

The Reformation, which had begun in German principalities and in the Netherlands in the middle of the 16th century, appeared on English soil, too. It is known that VIII. Henry, the King of England broke away from the Catholic Church to lead the Church of England independently and sought to steer the Anglican Church onto an independent way. After Henry, which led to serious political infighting between the growing number of Reformationists and the defenders of the Catholic Church. It was in these fights where the Puritans, who sympathised with Lutherans and Calvinists and advocated moral rigour, emerged. Vincenzo Bellini’s last grand opera, premiering in 1835, was allegedly based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott and two relevant works by French playwrights and it takes us to this turbulent yet hopeful World. The three-act libretto was written by the Italian poet Carlo Pepoli, who also collaborated with Giocachino Rossini on several occasions. You can see a semi- staged performance of the work directed by one of the most successful Hungarian experts, Csaba Káel.

Co-production of  Müpa Budapest and the Pannon Philharmonic.