The Count of Luxembourg

Program and cast

Ferenc Lehár: COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG
operetta
Saturday 8 July 2023 20:00 (rain day: 9 July)

"I'll just dance non-stop until I'm alive and I won't regret it. The password: live only for today, there is nothing that stands in the way of that..."

Sir Basil is in love with Angèle Didier, a celebrated opera singer. He would marry her, but he must also take into account social expectations - he cannot marry below his rank. Therefore, he is looking for an aristocrat who is willing to enter into a short-term sham marriage with Angèle, so that he can marry the star of the theater after their pre-arranged divorce. René, the Count of Luxembourg, is perfectly suited for this purpose, and in exchange for a large sum of money, he undertakes to marry Angèle without ever having seen her. At Basil's request, a Spanish wall separates the young couple from each other at the ceremony, only their hands meet when they pull the rings, and a hand kiss is the marriage seal. Angèle and René do not remain unknown to each other for long, and with their divorce, one of the biggest trials of their lives awaits them.

"You to the right, me to the left, a strange phenomenon. It's temporary, that's the point, it's the ideal way of life!"

Director: SCENTE BUTTER

written by: Szente Vajk and Attila Galambos
Based on the work of Alfred Willner and Robert Bodanzky
original lyrics: Andor Gábor

Sir Basil, Governor of the McDonald Islands: MÁTÉ JÁRAI
René Fouché, painter, Count of Luxembourg: BALÁZS KOLTAI-NAGY
Angèle Didier: RÉKA BORI
Armand Brissard, painter: PÉTER ORTH
Juliette Vermont: DOROTHY TAILOR
Countess Kokozov: MELINDA HAJDÚ
McCafé, chief of staff: ANNA JANKOVICS
Big Mac, bodyguard: BÁLINT FERENCZ
McDrive, driver: MÁTÉ VARGA-HUSZTI
Wedding organizer: ATTILA PÁL
Jacques, the Apache: IMRE ARADI
Pélégrin, registrar: MÁTÉ LAKATOS
Sidonia: ZÓRA VENCZLI

as well as the choir, ballet department and orchestra of the József Katona National Theater of Kecskemét

Music director: Kati Károly
Conductor: Péter Drucker, Sára Iván
Costume designer: Yvette Alida Kovács
Set designer: Tamás Rákay
Choreographer: Péter Lajos Túri
Lighting designer: János Madarász
Help: Szilvia Patyi
Supervisor: Tamás Csitári, Dávid Stolz
Assistant director: Anna Sirkó