24 October| 21:00 – I.L.Caragiale National Theatre, Painting Hall
In a historical but highly fictionalized type of society at its highest point before declining, the ultimate whim is the desire for immortality. A brilliant painting turns out to be the only salvation.
Translated into Hugarian by János Antal Horváth
Cast:
Velázquez: Ervin Szűcs
Infanta Margarita: Éva Imre
Maribárbola: Ferenc Sinkó
Menina 1: Gizella Kicsid
Menina 2: Emőke Kató
Choir: Andrea Vindis, Loránd Farkas, Róbert Laczkó Vass, Csaba Marosán
Directed by: Andrei Măjeri
Set Design: Irina Chirilă
Costumes: Lucian Broscățean
Stage Movement: Attila Bordás
Sound Design: Adrian Piciorea
Conductor: Katalin Incze G.
Illustrations, prints: Ágnes Keszeg
Accessories: Diana Flore
Fencing: Péter Habala
Assistant Directir: Alpár Fogarasi
Assistant Costume Designer: Carmen Cherecheș
Duration: 1 h 50 min (no intermission)
Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
In Hungarian with Romanian and English surtitles
Suitable for ages 14 and above
However, the protagonist and everyone’s target, namely Diego Velázquez, perceives the respect of posterity in a different manner. He gives up his painting job (an occupation which was not considered to be an art form in that age), and chooses a more serious profession – that of the manager of the palace – and awaits years until receiving his most important order. The infanta and others wish to be immortalized in a painting that is “more beautiful than the Mona Lisa”. And thus, the two universes collide repetitively, in notes encompassing tragedy, comedy and parody alike.
“All is death reborn. A journey towards extinction, towards the end.” (Andrei Măjeri)
Foto: István Biró
