KING POMADE'S NEW DRESS

The performance is not recommended for children under 6 years of age.

In Pomadia, the royal court is preparing for the monarch's name day. But King Pomade has a serious problem on his shoulders: he has no clothes to wear to the celebrations, as he has worn them all at least once before. Two foreign weavers promise the King a dress made of a magnificent fabric, and not just any dress: 'Our miracle dress is a magical thing. / A magical thing, because no one can see it! / The wise and the just see it, and are dazzled by it. / But the foolish, the wretch, sees nothing of it."

György Ránki's children's opera is based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, and its musical world is built on Hungarian folk songs (A mill has no stone, Under the Flea Gardens, Mother, Mother, my boots have fallen off, to name but a few), and it goes all the way to jazz. Amy Károlyi has composed the work to a brilliantly witty libretto, with the composer's sparkling musical witticisms holding up a mirror to the hypocritical world of the royal court. Although it is a fairy-tale opera, both the music and the direction by Attila Tornykőy will dazzle audiences from the youngest to the oldest.

Cast

King Pomade............................... László Szvétek

Dani.............................................. Gergely Biri

Béni.............................................. Lajos Geiger

Tóbiás Tóbiás..................... András Kőrösi

Roberto Garda............................. Attila Erdős

Jufi........................................... Eszter Zemlényi

Captain....................................... Gábor Farkas

Corporal......................................... Attila Ollé

Conductor.................................... Dániel Erdélyi

Creators

Lyrics by Amy Károlyi

Directed by Attila Toronykőy

Production Designer Katalin Juhász

Costume designer: Katalin Juhász

Choreographer: Gábor Horváth

Chorus Director: Gábor Csiki

English subtitles by Arthur Roger Crane