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Hovingham Hall

Festival Opera - Kodály, Háry János

Riccardo Simonetti, János
Clare McCaldin, Örzse
Joe Corbett, Marczi
Melanie Lang, Marie Louise
Joe Austin, director
Simon Kenny, designer
Justin Doyle, conductor

Kodály Háry János

Háry János (pronounced ‘Harry Yannosh’) was a private for nine years in the Austrian imperial army around 1800. Back in civilian life, he told great tales of his heroism (all from his imagination!) – such as how he captured Napoleon, and his relationship with the emperor’s daughter – and these stories form the basis of Kodály’s comic opera.

A great evening’s entertainment with glorious music (the orchestra includes the cimbalom, an evocative Hungarian folk instrument) from the same creative team that produced Gluck’s Orfeo and Handel’s Orlando in recent years.