Rashomon Presented by Liszt Academy

Each participant of and witness to a tragic incident perceives and recalls it differently. This fundamental human truth is superbly depicted by Akira Kurosawa in his film classic Rashomon (1950) based on an Akutagawa short story. The tale demonstrating the difference, indeed irreconcilability between visual angles and narratives has now been transformed – in a way that is both manifest and relative –into an opera, more precisely an opera patchwork, which comprises the combined efforts of seven young composers, all students of the Composition Department of the Liszt Academy. The collective work was finalized to the libretto of András Almási-Tóth, and he also directs the performance featuring students of the Department for Vocal and Opera Studies of the Liszt Academy: the music stage adaptation of an allegorical story of a murder as related from several angles.