Háry János
Premier 3th March 2006
Script by Béla Paulini
and Zsolt Harsányi
Set Designer: László Székely
Costume Designer: Andrea Földi
Dramatic Advisor: András Almási-Tóth
Lights: József
Farkas, Ferenc Stadler
Prompter: Éva Ba
Stage Manager: Sándor Domján
Music Assistant: Richárd Látó
Répétiteur : Mihály Kovács
Music Director: György Selmeczi
Conductor: György Selmeczi,
László Gerhát
Assistant Director : Zsuzsa Teklesz
Director: Tamás
Juronics
János Háry is a
legendary storyteller. He lives a double life caught between his disappointing
reality and his dream world where the Hungarians win the battles, the daughter
of the Emperor falls in love with the Hungarian hussar, and the oppressors ask
for apologies. His tales create a pleasant existence instead of the one where
the revolution is put down, everyone is alone, and the oppressors treat heroes
cruelly.
And where does Háry’s dream world come from? Where is
this endless faith in freedom that has accompanied Hungarians for centuries
despite of all of the tyrannies, oppression and terror regimes? Our play is
about these issues and draws a parallel between the destiny of the “nice and
poor” Hungarian nation looking for freedom and Háry’s dream world wherein
everything wished for comes true. In poetry and dreams you can attain anything
and fulfill your desires regardless of where you live. The dream world’s freedom
cannot be taken away from us by any historical circumstances.
What is it? Escaping from reality? Is it a survival
technique? Or maybe is it the dream world that gives us energy to face reality,
move forward and live. Even in today’s virtual age, Kodály’s song-play, which
was written with such sensitive and bittersweet musical poetry from the most
ancient Hungarian melodies, still carries a special philosophical message.
Cast:
The elder János Háry – László Sirkó
János Háry – Csaba Szegedi
Örzse - Apollónia Szolnoki / Judit Tóth
The Emperor, Franz - Tibor Fekete
Empress - Zsuzsa Misura
Napoleon - Jenő Kiss
Louisa Maria , Napoleon’s wife - Annamária Bucsi /
András Csereklyei
Uncle Marci - László Vitéz
Baron Ebelasztin - Attila Pál
Guard Muszka /General Krucifix - Géza Széplaky
Hungarian Guard - Richárd Kertész
The good, poor Hungarian people (Contemporary Ballet
of Szeged) – Dóra Barta, Ágnes Markovics, Kitti Palman, Mária Hajdú, Laura
Fehér, Krisztina Szarvas, Attila Kalmár, Zoltán Tarnavölgyi, Zoltán Fekete,
Gábor Finta, János Haller
Soldiers – Balázs Kiss, Gábor Vida
Featuring the Symphony Orchestra of Kecskemét, the
Festival Choir of Kecskemét (Chorus Master: Katalin Kiss) and the students of the
Zoltán Kodály Music Primary School
