Drop dead please! Following the sudden death of a mysterious engine driver in his sixties, the Wife, the Lover, her illegitimate Daughter and an increasing number of shady characters from his spurious past want to know the true identity of the man they loved. They are dying to know which of them was really loved by him, and where he has hidden the fantastic fruit of his double life. In their deadly struggle, our heroes find themselves in the center of a satirical crime comedy, the sinful roots of which stretch back to the eighties, the closing decade of the socialist era. Written by Zoltán Kamondi
18 October 2015, CAfe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival - Budapest, Liszt Academy - Grand Hall, Münchener Kammerorchester, Thierry Fischer (cond.), Bence Bogányi (solo)
2014/2015 Barbican Centre London | BOZAR Brussels | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon | Casa da Música Porto | Cité de la musique Paris | Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | Kölner Philharmonie | Konzerthaus Dortmund | Laesizhalle Elbphilharmonie Hamburg | L’Auditori Barcelona | Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall | Musikverein Wien | Palace of Arts – Budapest | Palau de la Música Catalana | Philharmonie Luxembourg | Stockholms Konserthus | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris | The Sage Gateshead | Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham | Wiener Konzerthaus
3 S., 2 Ms., 3 T., 2 Bar. solo - female choir (S - MS - A) - chamber orchestra
Duration:
65'
Text:
WEDEKIND, Frank - ALMÁSI-TÓTH, András
Movements, parts:
one act
Language:
Hungarian // German (Füzi Nóra, Errico Fresis)
Premiere information:
24 June 2012, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Students of the Department of Vocal and Opera Studies (Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music), Students of the Hungarian Dance Academy, Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, Szabolcs Sándor (cond.); András Almási-Tóth (stage director), Margit Balla (set and costume design), Noémi Kulcsár (choreographer) // German premier: 03 July 2021, Universitat Der Künste Berlin, Germany; Students of the Department of Opera Studies (UDK - Berlin), Errico Fresis (cond.); Isabel Hindersin (stage director), Vera Holthaus (costume design)
4 March 2012, Alma Mater Doktorandusz Koncertek (Alma Mater series of the Liszt Academy), Old Academy of Music, Budapest; Péter Szűcs (cl.), Beáta Móri (cimb.), András Szalai (cimb.) The composer received 1st Prize for this piece at the „GENERACE 2013” International Composing Competition, Ostrava
