Gyula Fekete: Excelsior!

The opera is set in Rome in the 1860s, a day (by day, at night and the following day) in the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican gardens. 

Conductor: Gergely Kesselyák
Libretto: András Papp
Direction, sets, costumes: Péter Gothár

One-act opera

Liszt: Attila Fekete
Liszt, prose role: Gálffi László
Princess Carolyne, Liszt’s fiancée, Caroline Saint-Crique, Marie d'Agoult, Lola Montez: Viktória Mester
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: Ingrid Kertesi
Hohenlohe, cardinal: Annamária Kovács
Pius IX: Péter Bárány
Cosima von Bülow, Liszt’s daughter: Tünde Frankó
Wagner: András Káldi Kiss
Spiridion, Liszt’s valet: Tivadar Kiss

A joint programme of the Budapest Spring Festival, Thália Theatre and the Opera House.