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Famed tenor, conductor, and composer José Cura is set to world premiere his first opera “Montezuma and the Red Priest – Opera Buffa, Ma Non Troppo,” on Jan. 29, 2020 at the Music Academy, Great Hall in Hungary.

The opera, which was written by Cura, is “apparently about” the birth of the Vivaldi opera “Montezuma” and will feature a wide range unique characters in conversation. The opera will star Donát Varga as Vivaldi, with Blaon Domonkos as Handel, József Gál, as Scarlatti, and Zoltán Megyesi as Filomeno. Other cast members include Matias Tosi as Montezuma alongside János Alagi, Katalin Károlyi, and Lászlo Borbála, among others.

The opera will be in several languages with Cura conducting the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

In addition to the premiere of his opera, Cura is set to revive a production of “Nabucco” later this season at the National Theatre of Prague as well as take on the role of Samson in “Samson et Dalila” at the Wiener Staatsoper.