02 Dec 1949
Anna Szabó
A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.
Erkel
We have linguists, we have literary men, we have newspapers, actors, musicians, but we have no national opera!", lamented the champions of national revival in the middle of the last century. Hungarian music culture at home is limited to the performance of works by foreign composers. And the public demands Hungarian opera, and such a challenge is not easy to meet. So let's see who is up to the task!
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Pécsi Sándor Ferenc Erkel
Gábor Miklós Béni Egressy
Éva Szörényi Adél
Andor Ajtay András Bartai
Makay Margit Adlerné
Darvas Iván Ferenc Liszt
György Solthy Adler
Jenõ Horváth Sándor Petõfi
Major Tamás Ferenc Kölcsey
Rajnay Gábor Márk Rózsahegyi
János Zách Mihály Brand-Mosonyi
Szabó Sándor Lázár Horváth Petrichevich
Várkonyi Zoltán Turányi, chief music director
Lajos Mányai baron Orczy, intendant
Tivadar Uray archduke Albrecht
József Bihari old peasant
Gyula Tapolczay Aristocrat
László Hard old archduke
Gyula Bakos Gábor Balassa
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