The Nádasi Ferenc Secondary School of the Hungarian Dance University entered its interdisciplinary production of “János Vitéz” under the name “Zengetők” into the Operetta Theatre’s “The Stage is Yours!” competition. The performance has been rehearsed with dedication and enthusiasm since September. The production features 40 singers and musicians as well as 30 dancers.
The production is based on Gergely Gulyás’s Moldavian suite “Elindultunk a nagy útra…”, which the composer wrote for choir, piano, and percussion. The melody and lyrics of the piece inspired teacher Éva Násztor to shape a scene from “János Vitéz”.
Creators of the Production:
- Directors: Éva Násztor & Eszter Násztor
- Composer: Gergely Gulyás
- Choreography: 1st-year students of the Folk Dance Department at the Hungarian Dance University
Participants:
- Dancers: 1st-year students of the Folk Dance Department at the Hungarian Dance University
- Choir & Orchestra: Students from the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades of the secondary school
- Violin: Kálmán Salamon
- Piano Accompaniment: Valentina Kádár (6th-grade student)
- Narrator: Liza Kótai (8th-grade student)
Special thanks to Masters János Appelshoffer, Éva Brieber, Tünde Rémi, and Gyöngyvér Szurmayné Hortobágyi as well as Director Ottilia Ágoston-Vas and the teaching staff of Nádasi Ferenc Secondary School.
The professional jury of the Operetta Theatre included General Director Attila Kiss-B., actress Mónika Fischl, Zsuzsa Kalocsai, Annamária Zábrádi and actor Gergely Altsach.
The winner of the 2025 “The Stage is Yours!” competition, out of 25 productions, was “Zengetők”, which was mentored throughout the competition by Gábor Lénárt. The team has been granted an exclusive opportunity to present their production on the stage of the Kálmán Imre Theatre.
This year’s motto for “The Stage is Yours!” competition was: “We are looking for today’s young heroic knight!”
According to the jury’s decision, the contestant who best embodied this ideal was Domonkos Kispál, the dancing János Vitéz of “Zengetők”.
The winner of the public vote on Facebook was „Zengetők”, receiving over 3000 likes.
The special award for the “Most Artistic Performance” was also won by „Zengetők”. Along with the previous award, the special award for the “Most Mature Theatre Production” was also given to „Zengetők” by the jury members.
The jury also highlighted individual work after the group prizes.
The “Director’s Special Award” was given to ÉVA NÁSZTOR and ESZTER NÁSZTOR for preparing “Zengetők”.
Hearty congratulations!
