Iván Fischer: The Red Heifer

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Music Director Iván Fischer conducts the German Premiere of his own opera 'Die Rote Färse' (The Red Heifer), which blends Hungarian folklore, Jewish songs, jazz and opera.

The plot of the opera explores the 19th century 'Tiszaeslár' affair, in which an alleged ritual murder took place that was firmly anchored in Hungarian‐Jewish history and adapted by many artists and writers.

Comic‐lyric opera in one act (50 mins — no interval).
Sung in Hungarian with German supertitles.

Music by Iván Fischer
Libretto: Gyula Krúdy and Lajos Kossuth
Lyrics by Lajos Parti Nagy
József Gyabronka: Gyula Krúdy
Jonatán Kovács: Móric
Kyra Varga: Eszter
Zsombor Jéger: Kálmán
György Kozma: Färse
N.N.: A Man
Orsolya Sáfár: The Red Heifer (Soprano)
Zoltán Megyesi: Judge (Tenor)
Tamás Altorjay: József Scharf (Bass)
Máté Novkov: Buxbaum
Krisztián Cser: Lajos Kossuth (Bass)

Györgyi Szakács: Costumes
Nóra Patrícia Kovács: Sets
Bertalan Vári: Choreography
Eszter Balassa: Assistant
Tamás Ascher and Kriszta Székely: Directors

Members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Iván Fischer: Musical Director