Exceptionally, musical plays will be played on the stage of Újszeged next year, as the prosaic play of the Dome Square slightly rewrites the existing traditions of the small stage featuring all prosaic plays. Two opera productions will be performed in Újszeged: the one-act Gianni Schicchi by Puccini and one of the most significant representatives of the Hungarian opera, János Vajda’s also one-act play entitled Mario and the Magician.

Gianni Schicchi is the one-act play of the maestro Puccini, the libretto of which was based on Dante’s Divine Comedy and is about the cunning distribution of the bequest of an immensely rich Florentine citizen: Gianni Schicchi is swindler doing the family out of their money.

The one-act opera of Vajda first performed in 1988 is based on Thomas Mann’s short story with the same title, in which the illusionist Cipolla enchants the audience including Mario who is in pangs of love. The music changes from real to surreal as the story evolves. The all-star cast of the play – although the production does not need many actors – will definitely appeal to the younger generations as well.

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