Opera Exam 2024 May
At the end of the academic year 2023/24, the opera Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea was performed by the MA Opera students.
24 May 2024, Opera Exam / Photo: János Posztós / Source: Liszt Academy
Poppea (mistress of Nerone): Zsuzsanna Baján, Júlia Mária Kovács, Boglárka Híves
Nerone (Nerone, Roman Emperor): Balázs Papp
Ottavia (wife of Nerone): Júlia Csejtei-Varga
Ottone (fiancé of Poppea): Gergely Halász
Drusilla (in love with Ottone) / Amore: Júlia Fujita
Arnalta (confidante of Poppea) / Nutrice (the nurse of the Empress Octavia): Vivienne Ortan
Featuring: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Szabolcs Sándor
Director: András Almási-Tóth
Preparatory teachers: Péter Fried, Katalin Halmai, Ildikó Iván, Ingrid Kertesi, Zita Váradi
Piano répétiteurs: Katalin Alter, Gábor Alszászy, Gabriella Gyökér, Mariann Holló, Tamás Kéry, Péter Oberfrank, Imola Pogány, Gábor Rózsa, Emese Virág
Opera singing study programme musical leader: Szabolcs Sándor
Head of department: Andrea Meláth
Libretto: Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Dramaturg of the adaptation: Eszter Orbán
Set designer: Lili Izsák
Costume designer: Krisztina Lisztopád
Choreographer: Eszter Lázár
Hungarian subtitles based on a rough translation by Anna Mária Kovács: András Almási-Tóth
English subtitles: Arthur Roger Crane