Brankovics György

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A Hungarian-language social music listening session and discussion devoted to Ferenc Erkel’s opera Brankovics György, presented within the Hungarian State Opera’s HungarianFest (May–June 2017). Positioned as an educational/contextual event rather than a staged performance, the session explores the opera’s historical and musical features, including Wagnerian sprechgesang, choral recitatives, and the synthesis of Hungarian, Serb, and Turkish melodic material. The focus is on listening and conversation around Erkel’s stylistic shift and the opera’s place in Hungarian operatic heritage.