Mona Marie mosolya

There can hardly be imagined in our time a work that conveys a more important message to humanity, as it debates the possible fate of the earth, about threats to the natural environment than Götterdämmerung does. Perhaps there is still time for us to return the ring to the Rhinemaidens.

Program Messiaen: Vocalise-Étude Messiaen: Trois Mélodies Schönthal: Wildunger Liederzyklus – No. 3, Arme Erde R. Strauss: Acht Gedichte aus “Letzte Blätter” von Hermann von Gilm, Op. 10 Bushra El-Turk: composition commissioned by ECHO – world premiere

Eternally youthful even at 80, Géza Bereményi is one of the most colourful personalities on Hungary’s contemporary literary and cultural scene. A first-rate novelist and the director of now-classic films, Bereményi has also, and not least of all, proved to be a unique songwriter and lyricist with an unlimited font of inspiration and a personal stage presence that is an experience in itself.