Müpa Program Guide - June-July 2021

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JUNE – JULY 2021

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25, 26, 27, 28, 29 June 2021, 7 pm Festival Theatre

RECIRQUEL: SOLUS AMOR Performed by: Gergely Bagdi, László Farkas, Ádám Fehér, Zita Horváth, Renátó Illés, Gáspár Téri, Kristóf Várnagy, Zsanett Veress, Csilla Wittmann, Gábor Zsíros Edina Szirtes – Music • Janni Younge – Puppets • Péter Klimó – Set • Péter Klimó, Bence Vági, Tamás Vladár – Floating curtain design • Emese Kasza – Costumes Klára Muladi – Costume production • Gábor Terjék – Sound • Attila Lenzsér, József Pető – Lighting • Tamás Vladár – Flight designer, technical director • Zita Horváth – Répétiteur • Renátó Illés – Aerial acrobatics choreographer • Gábor Zsíros – Creative assistant to the director • Aliz Schlecht – Assistant to the director Bence Vági – Choreographer, director Love is all there is: The latest production by Recirquel Budapest, Hungary’s leading comtemporary circus company, brings forth the only primeval energy that spans space and time to connect us all. Directed by artistic director Bence Vági, Solus Amor employs “cirque danse”, a genre created with and by the company over the course of several years, in a monumental production drawing its power from our contemporary yearning for nature and wonderment. A few years ago, a new genre was born here in Budapest: foreign critics were the first to dub this novel art form „cirque danse” as created by Bence Vági and his globetrotting circus company. The première was presented by Müpa Budapest and Recirquel Budapest.

Discounts apply for members of the Müpa+ membership programme.

Tickets: HUF 2900, 3500, 4500

Friday, 25 June 2021, 8 pm MÜPA HOME

SOLARIS DIMENSIONS Csaba Bogdán – acoustic guitar • Róbert Erdész – piano László Gömör – drums • Attila Kollár – flute, recorder, „conductor” Featuring: Edina Mókus Szirtes and her band, the Péter Sárik Trio, the Sturcz Quartet Solaris, one of Hungary’s leading progressive rock line-ups, one that is recognised abroad as well, is 41 years old. Solaris, who play instrumental music and have referred to themselves as a „symphonic rock band”, began their A Life’s Work in Concerts series at Müpa Budapest in 2006. This celebratory occasion will be their final chord. The Solaris compositions included in the programme will be played in world music, jazz and classical music arrangements by Edina „Mókus” Szirtes’s band, the Péter Sárik Trio and the Sturcz Quartet, as well as the members of Solaris.

Recording date: 22 June 2021.

You can watch these performances on our website and YouTube channel.

Saturday, 26 June 2021, 7.30 pm MÜPA HOME

SZÖRÉNYI 75 Conductor: Gergely Kesselyák Featuring: János Bródy, Attila Csengeri, Pál Feke, Sándor Köpeczi, Viktória Mester, Levente Molnár, Szilvia Rálik, Levente Szörényi, Szabolcs Szörényi, Budapest Studio Choir (choirmaster: Kálmán Strausz), Honvéd Male Choir (choirmaster: Richárd Riederauer), Danubia Orchestra Óbuda (featuring the rock section) The oeuvre of Levente Szörényi is a key part of Hungarian popular music culture.

His work as a performer, composer and lyricist as the front man of the bands Illés and Fonográf was realised in three-minute songs, dramatic works for the stage (rock operas and rock ballads) and orchestral and choral works. He is celebrating his 75th birthday with a two-part programme, with the first part built around his contemporary compositions, and the second bringing other artists involved with his career – János Bródy and Szabolcs Szörényi – to the stage to evoke the work of the band Illés.

This concert, part of the Year of Solidarity programme, is a joint production of Müpa Budapest, the Petőfi Literary Museum and the Zikkurat Stage Agency.

Recording date: 21, 23 June 2021.

You can watch these performances on our website and YouTube channel.

Photo © Holger Hage

Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 7.30 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

STARRING: ELĪNA GARANČA Bizet: Carmen – Prélude • Bizet: Carmen – „L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Habanera – Carmen’s aria, Act I) • Bizet: Carmen – „Parle-moi de ma mère – J’apporte de sa part – Votre mère avec moi – Ma mère, je la vois” (Don José and Micaëla’s aria, Act I) • Bizet: Carmen – „Près des ramparts de Séville” (Seguidilla – Carmen and Don José’s duet, Act I) • Bizet: Carmen – „Voici l’orde: partez” (Carmen and Zuniga’s duet, Act I) • Bizet: Carmen – „Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre – Toréador, en garde!” (Escamillo’s entrance – Torreador song, Act II) • Bizet: Carmen – „La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (Flower song – Don José’s aria, Act II) • Bizet: Carmen Entr’acte (Act IV) • Bizet: Carmen – „C’est toi! C’est moi” (Carmen and Don José’s duet, Act 4) • Verdi: Luisa Miller – overture • Puccini: La bohème – „Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì’s aria, Act I) • Puccini: La bohème – „O Mimì, tu più non torni” (Rodolfo and Marcello’s duet, Act IV) • Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – „Largo al factotum” (Figaro’s entrance, Act I • Barbieri: El barberillo de Lavapiés (zarzuela) – Canción de Paloma • Chapí: Las hijas del Zebedeo (zarzuela) – Carceleras • Chueca: El bateo (zarzuela) – prelude • Mixed composers– Karel Mark Chichon: Mediterranean medley – Tosti: Marechiare – Gastaldon: Musica proibita – Di Capua: ’O sole mio – Penella: El gato montés – excerpt – Lara: Granada Elīna Garanča – mezzo–soprano Featuring: Polina Pasztircsák – soprano • Jonathan Tetelman, Boldizsár László – tenor • Csaba Szegedi – baritone • Kostas Smoriginas – bass-baritone • Hungarian State Opera Orchestra • Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon Many people consider Elīna Garanča to be the greatest Carmen of our time. Hailing from the tiny country of Latvia, which has nevertheless supplied the world with many important artists, Garanča wowed audiences at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2010 with her portrayal of the unbridled Gypsy girl. Now we’ll get to see her at Müpa Budapest as well! In the first part of her concert, she will be performing a cross section of Bizet’s famous opera. In the second, we will hear excerpts from operas by Verdi Puccini and Rossini, as well as Spanish zarzuelas and famous Mediterranean melodies.

Discounts apply for members of the Müpa+ membership programme.

Tickets: HUF 5500, 7900, 10900, 14900, 19900

Photo © Tamás Réthey-Prikkel

1, 2, 3, 4 July 2021, 7 pm Festival Theatre

RECIRQUEL: MY LAND Featuring: Rodion Drahun, Roman Khafizov, Sergii Materynskyi, Yevheniia Obolonina, Andrii Pysiura, Mykola Pysiura, Andrii Spatar – artists Creators: Edina Szirtes, Gábor Terjék – music • Miklós Both – folk music consultant • Krisztián Kristóf – circus consultant • Renátó Illés, Gábor Zsíros – artistic consultant • Zsolt Tárnok – design engineer • Tamás Vladár – technical director • Emese Kasza – costumes • Attila Lenzsér, József Pető – lighting • Gábor Terjék – sound • Tímea Kinga Maday – assistant to the choreographer • Aliz Schlecht – assistant to the director • Bence Vági – director, choreographer, production design The production My Land from the internationally renowned contemporary circus company Recirquel premièred in August 2018 at one of the world’s most prestigious arts festivals, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where critics rated it the best of several thousand productions. This show directed by Bence Vági focuses on the roots of humanity and the eternal connection between a person and their homeland, depicting it in a space filled with illusions. The première was presented

by Müpa Budapest.

Discounts apply for members of the Müpa+ membership programme.

Tickets: HUF 2900, 3500, 4500

Tamás Pálfalvi • Photo © Dominik Odenkrichen

Friday, 2 July 2021, 7.30 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

TRUMPETISSIMO – TRUMPET GALA Corelli: Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4 • Tartini: Trumpet Concerto in D major • Vivaldi : Double Concerto for Trumpets and Strings in C major, RV 537 • R. Erickson: Kryl – for solo trumpet • Torelli : Concerto for Four Trumpets and Strings in C major • Franceschini: Concerto for Four Trumpets and Strings in C major • Vivaldi: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings in D major, RV 230 – Larghetto, Allegro • Vivaldi: Andromeda Liberata (serenata) – ‚Sovvente il sole’ (aria) – transcribed for flugelhorn, violin and strings • Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos and Strings, RV 531 – transcribed for two flugelhorns and strings • J-F. Rebel : Les Éléments – Le Chaos • Stölzel : Concerto for Six Trumpets and Strings in D major Featuring: Gábor Boldoczki, Tamás Pálfalvi, Gábor Tarkövi, Gábor Richter, Gábor Rónai, Dénes Seidl – trumpet, flugelhorn • Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster: Péter Tfirst) Do you recall the triumphant concerts that the ‚three tenors’ gave all over the world? The sound of the trumpet is no less brilliant and soaring than the voices of those tenors. As for Hungarian trumpet virtuosos, quite a few of them are absolutely world class and play with the world’s greatest orchestras in the most famous concert halls around the globe. This evening’s programme will exploit this abundance by featuring one, two, four and even six (six!) trumpets playing together at once in various concertos and transcriptions of works originally written for other instruments. Anyone who attends this concert can count on a remarkable musical experience!

Discounts apply for members of the Müpa+ membership programme.

Tickets: HUF 3300, 4500, 5900, 7900, 9900

Saturday, 3 July 2021, 7.30 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

VADIM REPIN AND THE BUDAFOK DOHNANYI ORCHESTRA Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon – overture • Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Conductor: Gábor Hollerung The Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra’s international star guest on this night will be Russian violinist Vadim Repin, a celebrated visitor to the world’s greatest concert halls since he was 14 who remains to this day the youngest artist to ever win the Queen Elisabeth Competition held in Brussels. The orchestra has already played with him before, at the Cziffra Festival in February 2020, to resounding acclaim. And since it is a Russian guest artist we will be welcoming to the stage, the BDO has picked out a selection of Russian musical masterpieces for its concert programme.

Tickets: HUF 3900, 4900, 5900, 6900, 8900

Monday, 5 July 2021, 8 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

JAZZ LEGENDS

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS JAZZ LEGENDS, SPONSORED BY LEXUS Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Wynton Marsalis – artistic director, trumpet Ryan Kisor, Kenny Rampton, Marcus Printup – trumpets • Chris Crenshaw, Vincent Gardner, Elliot Mason – trombones • Sherman Irby, Ted Nash – alto and soprano saxophones, recorders, clarinets • Walter Blanding – tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet • Victor Goines – tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet • Paul Nedzela – baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet • Dan Nimmer – piano • Carlos Henriquez – double bass • Obed Calvaire – drums Led by Wynton Marsalis, the 15-strong Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was formed from the most outstanding instrumental soloists and session musicians of our time. This strikingly versatile ensemble boasts a huge repertoire spanning original compositions by its members, pieces commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center, rare gems from jazz history, and evergreen hits made famous by the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus.

Lexus is the the key sponsor of the Jazz Legends programme.

Discounts apply for members of the Müpa+ membership programme.

Tickets: HUF 6000, 10900, 14900, 19900, 22900

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DISCOUNTS • Students may purchase standing tickets for events for HUF 500 by showing their student identity card one hour before the performance.

• Wheelchair patrons may request a ticket for free entry, subject to availability of wheelchair spaces, in advance (at the latest one week before the given performance) at our box office or by calling 555-3300.

• Gift vouchers in denominations of HUF 1000, 5000 and 10 000 for Müpa productions can be purchased at our box offices and may be used within six months for the purchase of tickets or season tickets.

• The exhibitions of the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art can be visited free of charge on one occasion of choice with valid tickets to Müpa Budapest events up until the day of the concert!

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Information: Tel.: (+36-1) 555-3000 E-mail: info@mupa.hu www.mupa.hu On the cover: Elīna Garanča © Holger Hage Opening hours Müpa Budapest will only open on the days with performance 1,5 hours before the first show, an will be closed 1 hour after the last performance.

Print deadline: 25 June 2021 The organisers reserve the right to change the published programme, performers and prices.

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