The Liar
Director: Csaba Horváth
comedy
In this Goldoni comedy, rich in twists and turns and comic conflicts, the helpless Florindo falls in love with Rosaura, one of Doctor Balanzoni's daughters, who is unaware of it, while another young man, the noble Ottavio, falls in love with Rosaura's sister Beatrice, but she has to wait for her sister's wedding. And so it is that, in the sultry Venetian night, after Florindo's secret serenade, a foreign traveller, Lelio, takes the credit and twists both girls' heads with his witty lies. Except that the nature of a lie is that a hundreds of it are born at once. And the liar ends up not being believed anymore when telling the truth.
Premiere: 24 February 2024
Balanzoni, doctor in Venice Kőszegi Ákos
Rosaura, his daughter Radnay Csilla
Beatrice, his daughter Petrik Andrea
Ottavio, knight from Padova Orosz Ákos
Florindo, young man studying to become a doctor Brasch Bence
Pantalone, trader from Venice Lukács Sándor
Lelio, the Liar, son of Pantalone Ertl Zsombor
Arlecchino, Lelio’s servant ifj. Vidnyánszky Attila
Colombina, maid at Balanzoni’s house Bach Kata
Brighella, Florindo’s counselor Telekes Péter
Driver, counter-jumper, post boy, gondolier Kövesi Zsombor
Set design: ZOLTÁN KALÁSZI AND BENEDEK KRISTÓF KISS
Costume: MARI BENEDEK
Dramaturg: RÉKA ÁGNES TÓTH, HILDA HÁRSING
Light design: MÓNI HLINKA
Stage manager: PÉTER BÁHNER
Prompter: DOROTTYA ÁDÁM
Assistant of Director: GERGŐ PATKÓS
Director: CSABA HORVÁTH
First rehearsal: 8 January 2024 at 10.00 am
Opening Night: 24 February 2024 at 19.00 pm