Based on Ádám Jenő's work by the same title

HUNGARIAN CHRISTMAS – MVM Piccolo Programme

mixed song play 6

5 December 2024, 11 a.m.

Hungarian State Opera

In Brief

Singspiel in two tableaux, in Hungarian

Performance length: , without intermissions

Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history. On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the theatre's greatest singers, conducted by the composer. The OPERA attempts to revive the essence of the singspiel and by joining it with the Christmas carol collection Oh, Beautiful, Mysterious Night by Miklós Kocsár to create an Advent performance that draws from the past of both Hungary and the Opera House itself, with the participation of the Children’s Chorus. The production directed by Attila Toronykőy, an expert in staging youth performances, evokes the characters of folk traditions referring to Biblical figures from the family to the angel, the shepherds, and the soldier.

Details

Location
Hungarian State Opera
Date
Dec. 5, 2024
Start time
11 a.m.
End time
12:30 p.m.