Erkel (1952)

9.5/10 0 min Music Drama History

Overview

We have linguists, we have literary men, we have newspapers, actors, musicians, but we have no national opera!", lamented the champions of national revival in the middle of the last century. Hungarian music culture at home is limited to the performance of works by foreign composers. And the public demands Hungarian opera, and such a challenge is not easy to meet. So let's see who is up to the task!

Cast

Sándor Pécsi

Ferenc Erkel

Miklós Gábor

Béni Egressy

Éva Szörényi

Adél

Andor Ajtay

András Bartai

Margit Makay

Adlerné

Iván Darvas

Ferenc Liszt

György Solthy

Adler

Jenõ Horváth

Sándor Petõfi

Tamás Major

Ferenc Kölcsey

Gábor Rajnay

Márk Rózsahegyi

Szabó Sándor

Lázár Horváth Petrichevich

Zoltán Várkonyi

Turányi, chief music director

Lajos Mányai

baron Orczy, intendant

József Bihari

old peasant

Gyula Bakos

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