Tweetalige versie van 'Romeo en Julia' in Boekarest ter gelegenheid van einde van Hongaars Voorzitterschap (en)

The official closing event of the Hungarian EU presidency in Bucharest was marked by Presgurvic’s bilingual show, Romeo and Juliet at the “Ion Dacian” National Operetta Theatre (TNO) in Bucharest, in collaboration with the Operetta and Musical Theatre from Budapest. The invitation for the musical was accepted by diplomats from 40 countries.

On 31 May 2011, the Romanian and Hungarian artists received standing ovations at the “Ion Dacian” National Operetta Theatre (TNO) in Bucharest at the end of the show. It was a special event, as Gérard Presgurvic’s musical Romeo and Juliet was performed on the occasion of the official closing event of the Hungarian EU presidency. The extraordinary production running with full house, for more than 400 nights at the Operetta Theatre in Budapest was staged by Gábor Kerényi Miklós (KERO®) in Bucharest in April 2009. Since then the bilingual Romeo and Juliet has been performed in the two cities - first the Capulet family arrived in Budapest, and then the Hungarian artists visited their Romanian colleagues in February last year. Both times they were extremely successful; this is why this emblematic show was chosen for the end of the EU presidency.

The invitation of the Hungarian Embassy and the Ioan Dacian National Operetta Theatre was accepted by the diplomatic corps of 40 countries. In his greeting speech Ambassador Oszkár Füzesi mentioned that Romeo and Juliet was the best possible choice, as a French author composed the music for a piece set in Italy, written by an English playwright; moreover, the musical was performed in two languages, Romanian and Hungarian. He added that art is the greatest support what the problems between nations are concerned, and he expressed his acknowledgements to Gábor Kerényi Miklós, Chief Director of the Operetta and Musical Theatre of Budapest for the cultural projects realized in cooperation with the artists from Bucharest, as apart from this musical the two companies also staged The Merry Widow, Czardas Queen, and most recently Rebecca at the Ion Dacian Theatre.

The Nagymezo Street theatre was represented by Bernadett Vágó (Juliet) Lajos Csuha (Capulet), Nikolett Füredi (Lady Capulet), Erika Náray (the Nurse), Zsolt Homonnay (Paris). They played in Hungarian, while Sebastian Imre (Escalus, the Prince of Verona) from Budapest and András Lorincz Demeter (Friar Lawrence), who plays in the Romanian theatre, spoke in both languages. They were also joined by Ildikó Sz. Nagy and Hrisztosz Petridisz, too.