‘Sardanapalo’ to Make Hungarian Premiere

Liszt’s unfinished one-act opera “Sardanapalo” is set to have its Hungarian premiere on Oct. 22, 2023. The performance will take place at the LisztFest and will star Joyce El Khoury in the role of Mirra alongside tenor Airam Hernandez in the title role of Sardanapalo and Bass-baritone Olecsandr Pushniak as Beleso. Kirill Karabits conducts the Staatskapelle Weimar and the Hungarian {…}

Joyce El-Khoury Headlines The Hungarian Premiere Of ‘Sardanapalo’

The 2020 Spring Festival in Budapest is set to present the Hungarian premiere of Liszt’s opera “Sardanapalo.” The premiere will star Joyce El-Khoury, Airam Hernández, and Oleksandr Pushniak with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting the Staatskapelle Weimar. The opera was discovered 30 years after the death of the composer which was discovered at Weimar’s Goethe and Schiller Archive. David Trippett, a musicologist at {…}