classical music, opera, theatre

Liszt: The Legend of St. Elizabeth

The opening concert of the Budapest Spring Festival

one interval
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
  • Budapest Spring Festival

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From the autumn of 1861, Liszt spent more and more time in Rome, where his interest turned towards church music. In 1862 he completed his first oratorio, The Legend of St. Elizabeth. Liszt already took a strong interest in the life of the Hungarian princess and Bavarian duchess during his Weimar years, and even visited her former home, the castle of Wartburg, in the company of the Grand Duke of Weimar.

The Hungarian National Philharmonic will be conducted by their music director, Zsolt Hamar. The title role of the oratorio will be sung by Brigitta Kele, who made her debut at Cluj-Napoca's Romanian National Opera, regularly performs in Düsseldorf, Paris, Avignon, and Strasbourg, and was featured in the last season in the New York Metropolitan's production of La bohème.

Albert Pesendorfer is one of today's most sought-after Wagner singers, who regularly performs King Marke, Hans Sachs, Hagen and Gurnemanz. Louis will be sung by Johannes Kammler. The young German baritone won the second prize at the 2017 Neue Stimmen, an international competition, which earned him a number of performance opportunities. One of these is a concert performance of Gottfried von Einem's opera, The Trial, a highly anticipated production of the Salzburg Festival this summer.

Presented by: Budapest Spring Festival
  • Zsolt Hamar
  • St. Elizabeth
    Brigitta Kele
  • Landgravin Sophie
    Judit Kutasi
  • Landgrave Hermann / Friedrich II
    Albert Pesendorfer
  • Landgrave Ludwig
    Johannes Kammler
  • Hungarian magnate / Steward
    Zsolt Haja
  • Young Elizabeth
    Kinga Csorba
  • Young Ludwig
    Kornél Kristofics
  • Hungarian National Philharmonic
  • Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
  • Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Choir School Children's Choir (choirmaster: Borbála Sapszon, Ferenc Sapszon)

Parking information

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Refreshments – Without the Queue

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