"Robert Alfoldi's production, with its minimal sets by John Farrell and Puritanically colorless costumes by Sandor Daroczi, accomplishes much with little," Allan Kozinn writes in the paper. He calls the singing "uniformly strong" and the orchestration "vivid, rhythmically vital and melodically eclectic."
Alföldi, an acclaimed actor as well as director, was recently appointed director of Hungary's National Theatre.
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Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: Eszter Gordon