July 21 - 26, 2009 - Clark Studio Theater, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza
Rose Building, 7th Floor, West 65th St and Amsterdam Ave
 


A yearlong festival showcasing contemporary Hungarian visual,
performing, and literary arts in New York and Washington, D.C., throughout 2009, organized by the Hungarian Cultural Center, NY


Presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Extremely Hungary

PEASANT OPERA

performed by

BÉLA PINTÉR AND COMPANY
from Budapest

Playwright and director: Béla Pintér
Composer: Benedek Darvas

Performed in Hungarian with English supertitles


Cast:

The Groom

Béla Pintér

The Bride

Sarolta Nagy-Abonyi

His Father

József Tóth

His Mother

Szilvia Baranyi

His Stepsister

Éva Enyedi

Her Mother

Tünde Szalontay

Her Father

Sándor Bencze

Stationmaster

Szabolcs Thuróczy

The Stranger

Tamás Deák

Musicians:

Harpshichord and Viola

Benedek Darvas

Violin

Bertalan Veér, Gábor Pelva, László Nyíri

Double Bass

György Póta

 

"With this farcical tale of taboos and tradition in the Hungarian countryside, Béla Pintér, one of Hungary's most exciting young directors, has created nothing short of an uproarious musical soap opera, featuring an original score performed live by composer Benedek Darvas and his four-person ensemble that inventively melds Hungarian folk tunes with baroque styles and structures."

- Extremely Hungary

"Hungary's Béla Pintér - a director-playwright with a knockout ensemble - stages hallucinatory, comic fables about nationalism, ethnicity, and country life, with exquisite original music." - The Village Voice

 

Photos: Gabriella Gyorffy

Sexual content, viewers discretion is advised



Related links:

Béla Pintér and Company

Lincoln Center Festival 2009

Extremely Hungary official web site

Hungarian Cultural Center, NY

Hungarian Cultural Center / Extremely Hungary - gimagine photo reports