Ferenc Erkel

As a pianist, conductor and composer whose family attended intimate presentations of the chamber music of Beethoven, Ferenc first moved to Kolozsar (the cultural center of a large geographical area) and then to Pest pursuing his music. His meritorious playing and repertory was lauded by many and included works by Hummel, Herz, Thalberg, Chopin and Liszt. But having come to Pest, and recently arrived from the Hungarian theatre company of Buda, Erkel became completely emersed in the Municipal Theatre of Pest. His two most successful operas were "Batori Maria" and "Hunyadi Laszlo...