Bank ban
Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House)
Budapest
Hungary
Fri, 27th March 2009
An opera by Ferenc Erkel, in three acts in hungarian.The opera's plot centers on palace intrigue as the evil Queen Gertrud attempts to crush her court opposition while King Endre and his nobles, including the viceroy Bank Ban, are off waging war. Meanwhile, Prince Otto covets Melinda, the faithful wife of Bank Ban. Gertrud then hatches a scheme that leaves Melinda seduced and abandoned, and ultimately driven mad.


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