A makrancos Kata

Shakespeare's comedy The Lady with the Macaroon has inspired a series of musical stage and film adaptations. Among the ballet adaptations, Maurice Béjart's 1954 choreography to Scarlatti's music, the Czech Vera Untermüllerová's 1961 work to the Czech composer's melodies, and John Cranko's 1969 work to Scarlatti's music are worthy of mention.

This line was continued in 1994 by László Seregi, who chose music by Károly Goldmark for his choreography, and the composer thus became Shakespeare's co-composer (almost 80 years after his death) thanks to Frigyes Hidas' demanding selection. The edited ballet music has the effect of a new unified work, as if the long dead composer had written it for this very choreography.

The macabre Kate is part of László Seregi's Shakespeare cycle, in which he followed the highly successful Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. László Seregi was an important figure in the history of the Hungarian National Ballet, with a Renaissance vision of the world, which was evident in these works; but his most important choreographic skill was his outstanding sense of dramaturgy, which translated dramatic works into the language of dance in a clear and entertaining way.

Seasonal cast

Kata....................................... Carulla Leon Jessica / Melnik Tatiana / Balaban Cristina / Földi Lea

Petruchio............................... Leblanc Gergely / Balázsi Gergő Ármin / Scrivener Louis / Radziush Mikalai

Bianca................................... Sharipova Elena / Felméry Lili / Pokhodnykh Ellina / Chekurashvili Nutsa

Lucentio................................ Timofeev Dmitry / Taran Dumitru / Barbieri Raffaello / Topolánszky Vince

Baptista................................. Gábor Szigeti / Vladyslav Melnyk

Hortensio............................... Radziush Mikalai / Kóbor Demeter / Lecarpentier Léo

Gremio................................... Alexander Komarov mv. / Maksym Kovtun / András Szegő

Grumio................................... Majoros Balázs / Kerényi Miklós Dávid / Rónai András

Chief Sabre............................. Myasnikov Boris / Zhukov Dmitry

Widow..................... Skrypchenko Olha / Konstantinova Anastasiia / Papp Zsuzsanna

Handmaid 1....................... Sorokina Nadezhda

Handmaid 2....................... Tarasova Kateryna

Maid 3....................... Ágnes Riedl

Maid 4....................... Mizinova Liudmila

Maid 5....................... Barbara Kerényi

Maid 6....................... Agustín Castaño Remedios

Servant 1................................ Ortega de Pablos Alberto

Servant 2................................ András Szegő / Dávid Molnár

Szolga 3................................ Guerra Yago

Szolga 4................................. Sardella Francesco

Conductor: Kálmán Szennai