The last curtain is closed behind Božená Hanáková

KOSICE. The last curtain, the last standing ovations from the point of view.

Theatrical performers played on Thursday with the great personality of the Slovak people and more particularly with the Košice musical theater, Božená Hanáková, in the historical building of the Košice National Theater.

The sad news of his departure to the lyrical sky fell in the world Tuesday morning.

She became a living legend

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Katafalku on the theatrical scene after the tones of Intermezzo from the opera Cavaleria Rusticana was adored by his colleagues from the theater, orchestra, choir and ensemble of soloists.

"She became a living legend by offering the audience an artistic experience with her magnificent show of actor-composer.It was the show of an extraordinary musical singer with a well-crafted musical culture and a charm that naturally dominated all the It belonged to the unique musical theater of Košice.At the death of Janko Hanak, I declared in an intrigue of silence: In essence, he lived all his life in the artistic environment. of his life for Božena saw one day dancing in Lúčnica and it was decided, then for decades they formed a couple of košický theater.There is nothing but the sentence to make : And from now on, forever, Mrs. Božena Hanáková, dear Božka The theater, especially the theater of Košice, was a love, and with love we will also remember us, your theater family ", said the director General u theater, Peter Himich, who in the end hardly sought words.

"It was over twenty-one years ago." I was a new graduate of the music academy and I have just joined the theater as a young conductor. The music was for me everything and the opera was the music for me At that time we were studying Verdi's Traviat and the production director was Božena Hanáková Today, I know that it's the music for me. was a chance and a blessing for us, young beginner artists, we have always been extremely indulgent and, although we sang in theater for 50 seasons and created dozens of characters, we have always treated ourselves as equal partners. I collaborated with her, I realized that I did not know anything about opera, "said Karol Kevicky, director of the opera, who remembered his knowledge of Ms. Božka.

The last curtain and the applause

The opera choir made Božena Hanáková during her last trip to the Jews of Verdi Zbor.

Then, for the last time, at least through the speakers, his soprano sang "A mio babbino caro" from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi.

The theatrical curtain was closed last time and several minutes of standing ovations spread.

Fifty seasons

Božena Hanáková was born on 1 November 1930 in Košice. His heart touched Monday, November 26, the evening of 88 years.

The basketball theater has been in operation for 50 seasons since 1954 and it is only recently, in January of this year, that after twenty years of javisk practice, its latest production, the opera Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata, has been performed.

The theater and opera had Božena Hanáková in viticulture, she was born into the family of theatrical artists and, as she confessed in one of the interviews, the theater loved the little boy .

"Little did it matter what I was going to do – even though I was a waiter – and especially to be there," said the excellent soprano eight years ago at the University of Toronto. Occasion of the anniversary of the Corsican daily Czarzar. At the theater, she was really a little girl. The Slovak National Theater, where his mother, the mezzo-soprano Ružena Kustrová, worked during the war.

Initially at VŠMU, she graduated in dance and lyric singing.

Dozens of characters

After graduating, she joined the National Theater of Košice, where she performed dozens of operetta and opera characters.

Later, along with her husband, Jan Hanák, scenographer, La Traviate and her daughter, costume designer Danica Hanáková, they also created a stage team, which has signed a number of opera productions and d & # 39; Operetta in the trash theater.

Faithful to the theater of Košice throughout her professional career, she has successfully hosted in Prague, Ostrava, Brno, Miškovci and has also played with the theater during tours in the Netherlands and Germany.

Until recently, she returned to the theater for the creation of the opera ensemble.

"I have studied a lot of beautiful figures, I have been an assistant director, directed, taught, I have had excellent students, but I am very proud of my family, of our children and our grandchildren who follow our life, "said a charismatic artist. few years ago.

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