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Budapest Operetta Theatre presents
the co-production of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, Budapest Operetta Theatre and Szeged Open-Air Festival - Rudolf

musical in two parts
based on the novel "A Nervous Splendor" by Frederic Morton

Music: Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics: Jack Murphy
Additional Lyrics: Nan Knighton
Script: Jack Murphy and Phoebe Hwang
It's a new musical world premier, where the American composer of Jekyll and Hyde and the Hungarian director of Romeo and Juliet are talking about the Viennese court, the secret love of the son of Elisabeth. In May 2006 the Budapest Operetta Theatre prepares for a real world premier: The new work of two prominent authors of the American continent, Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy, a new write up of the Rudolf comes as first to this stage. In co-production with the Vereinigte Bühnen from Vienna (the owners of the Ronacher, Raimund musical theatres, the copyright holder of Elisabeth and Mozart!) and the Open Air Theatre Szeged this performance is a real rarity, since the story and music are formed in an ative common work in co-production with the authors and a producers from Vienna and the Hungarian director, Miklós Gábor Kerényi. The story of the performance isn't unfamiliar to the Hungarian public: it tells the passionate, romantic and tragically ending relation of the crown prince, Rudolf and Mary Vetsera, with dramatic music and great hits.

Frank Wildhorn, the composer of the show made his name on Broadway a decade ago with "Jekyll and Hyde", the show that was a huge success not only in New York but in the UK and Hungary as well. Mr. Wildhorn started his carrier in pop music, writing songs like "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for the young Whitney Houston that instantly made him a superstar songwriter, and the song a number-one hit. He has worked with celebrities like Liza Minelli, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis,Jr., and introduced Linda Eder to millions of musical fanatics.

The librettist, Jack Murphy has worked on a wide variety of projects as both lyricist and composer, he has written librettos for several Wildhorn-projects, too. Collaborating with Frank Wildhorn, he wrote lyrics for Linda Eder's EMI CD "And So Much More", as well as songs on her Atlantic CD's "It's Time, It's No Secret Anymore", "Christmas Stays The Same", and "Gold". Jack has written one of the songs, "The Rainbow's End", on Linda's Judy Garland tribute CD For EMI.

Koen Schoots the Musical Supervisor of the show was the supervising musical director of Jekyll and Hyde, too. He worked as a conductor at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin, founded his own CD production company "MusicalNet" and opened his recording studio. Besides Frank Wildhorn's work he conducted the West Side Story, the Rock Opera Gormenghast, Sweeney Todd and recorded the German Original Recording of Romeo&Juliet.

The cast members were chosen from hundreds of candidates. The title role of Rudolf is played by the most popular and most acknowledged musical star of the "Budapest Broadway", Attila Dolhai.

The musical Rudolf is based on real events of european history: it tells a story of passion and romance, the tragic relationship of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera, accompanied by a strongly dramatic musical score. The young Rudolf meets the 17 year old baroness in the moment when everything is about to collapse around him. His political and human conflict with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph, becomes obviously irreconcilable, he is surrounded by denouncers everywhere, his relation with his wife is unhappy, and on top of all that, the Hungarians expect him to solve the crises of the Monarchy. Rudolf feels to be in a trap, he is incapable to override his limits - and as a salvation, the love arrives into his life, sweeping away everything. The secret liaison doesn't escape Taaffe's, the prime minister's attention, who is anxious to hinder Rudolf's political and private life success from this moment. We know in vain the tragic end from the history books, but it seems to the last minute so: love will win in the end.

video: tv2 - Aktív