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dance, contemporary circus
Hungarian National Dance Ensemble: The Faithless Wife
24 April 2025, Thursday
7 pm - 8:30 pm
Festival Theatre
Produced by Müpa Budapest

Ticket prices

3 900 HUF   4 900 HUF   5 900 HUF

Platinum level members of the Müpa+ membership programme can buy tickets for the event on 1 October from 10 am, at the Gold level on 2 October from 10 am, and at the Silver level on 2 October from 2 pm. The Basic level, as well as the members of the general public will get the opportunity to purchase tickets from 10 am on 3 October.

A detective story: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble's large-scale premiere of The Faithless Wife casts light on the hidden aspects of the original ballad. This full-evening "crime story" of a dance drama takes as its starting point Barcsai's Lover, one of the most estimable of Hungary's balladic treasures. After cuckolding her husband, a wife awaits a terrible punishment. But how did things actually get to this point? Zoltán Zsuráfszky and Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze's production ponders the causes, while also bringing to the stage such eternal themes as fidelity, love and revenge.

The performance includes two choral works by Zoltán Kodály.

The premiere was presented by Müpa Budapest as a joint event with the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble as part of the Bartók Spring.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Performers:

The wife Júlia Paput
The husband Attila Tókos
Barcsai, the lover Dávid Barka
Village folk Dancers of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble (artistic director: Zoltán Zsuráfszky)
Soldiers, shepherds, judges Hungarian National Male Choir (choirmaster: Richárd Riederauer)

Creators:

Music Benjamin Eredics
Folk music curator István Gázsa Papp, Sándor D. Tóth
Set design Kázmér Tóth
Lighting Dániel Kósa, István Niederkirchner
Animation Szilvia Fabók, Boáz Konta
Libretto, dramaturg, costumes, associate director Zsuzsa Zs. Vince
Choreographer, director Zoltán Zsuráfszky
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