Contesa Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán
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The Romanian National Opera in Timișoara presents the operetta Contesa Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán on 15 November 2026, at 18:00. Conductor: Szabolcs Hermann; artistic direction: György Korcsmáros; sets: Eva Horváth; costumes: Amalia Judea; chorus master: Laura Mare; choreography: Gábor Bako. Ballet masters: Ovidiu Matei Iancu, Manuela Ardelean, Alin Radu, Mirabela Zonai; assistant director: Vilmos Meleg; assistant choreographer: Carmen Cojocaru.
Cast: Lăcrimioara Cristescu (Contesa Maritza), Bogdan Zahariea (Contele Tassilo), Darius Gruiță (Ioța, debut), Mihail Dogotari (Baronul Kálmán Zsupan), Gabriella Varvari (Lisa), Loredana Borlovan (Ilka), Gabriela Toader (Bozena), Mihai Prelipcian (Karl Ștefan Liebenberg), Mugurel Chirilă (Cekko), Cosmin Borlovan (Berko) and Crina Vezentan (Manja, debut). The Opera's chorus, orchestra and ballet company perform. Technical direction: Lucian Boru; musical preparation: Angela Balici, Rareș Pălțineanu, Leonard Bonea, Irina Belea; prompter: Eugenia Nechiti.
The performance is in Romanian, has one interval and ends at around 22:30. Recommended age: 6+. The Opera's management reserves the right to change the programme.
The operetta was first performed at the Theater an der Wien on 28 September 1924, and combines romantic comedy with echoes of the world after the First World War. To get rid of suitors, Maritza pretends to be engaged to an imaginary Zsupán, but a real Koloman Zsupán turns up. Kálmán's score weaves together Viennese sentimentality and Hungarian rhythms inspired by the csárdás.
