HoppArt Society - Márton Kovács, János Pilinszky – Urbi et Orbi (2024)

Chamber opera for singing actors and irregular chamber orchestra.

"Theatre is an association. We are reminded of things about 'things', sometimes sounds, sometimes melodies, spatial forms, images, that sort of thing. Pilinszky's text is the stone and HoppArt Society is the lake. We threw the stone into the lake.

"We are using János Pilinszky's text as a libretto, yet we are not creating an opera in the classical sense, because we are not alternating arias and recitatives, and yet all the time this is: music. Music and singing, text, letters, sounds and overtones."

Two Popes, one black and one white. One is the agonizing, dying Pope, the other the one to come. One on a black throne, the other on a white throne. The venue: the Vatican window overlooking St Peter's Square. The crowd is waiting in the square. They await the death of their Pope. They await the blessing. "Urbi et orbi" for the suffering of the flesh, "Urbi et orbi" for the city and the world, for the whole world. But what they get is something quite different. A miracle? A surprise? An unexpected turn of events? Is it God's revelation? Something." (Gábor Rusznyák, director of the chamber opera)

HoppArt Society
Kata Szilágyi, (White Pope)
Diána Magdolna Kiss, (Black Pope)
Tamás Keresztény, (Cardinal)
Tamás Herczeg, (Sister)
Tamás Rozs, violoncello, vocals
Márta Murányi, accordion, vocals
József Szabó, piano, vocals
Árpád Némedi, dulcimer, vocals
Márton Kovács, violin, vocals
Diána Magdolna Kiss, flute

Tracklist
01. Urbi et Orbi, Overture.flac
02. Urbi et Orbi, I. Intermezzo.flac
03. Urbi et Orbi, I. Scene
04. Urbi et Orbi, II. Scene.flac
05. Urbi et Orbi, III. Scene
06. Urbi et Orbi, IV. Scene
07. Urbi et Orbi, V. Scene
08. Urbi et Orbi, VI. Scene
09. Urbi et Orbi, VII. Scene
10. Urbi et Orbi, VIII. Scene
11. Urbi et Orbi, IX. Scene
12. Urbi et Orbi, X. Scene.flac
13. Urbi et Orbi, II. Intermezzo
14. Urbi et Orbi, XI. Scene
15. Urbi et Orbi, Finale