“Nikola Tesla” Named Best Production at South Korea’s Largest Musical Festival

Out of thirty musicals, the Hungarian production Nikola Tesla – Infinite Energy won the award for best musical of the year at the 19th Daegu International Musical Festival (DIMF) in South Korea.

At the festival, held from June 20 to July 7, the Hungarian musical received a rating of 9 out of 10, with composer Áron Sebestyén accepting the award on behalf of TBG Production, the company responsible for communications, MTI revealed on Tuesday.

TBG Production’s performance was shown ten times at the Daegu Opera House, in Hungarian with English and Korean subtitles.

The main roles in the performance are played by Gergő Mikola, Máté Szabó, Anna Györfi, Armand Kautzky, Ádám Lux, and Nikolett Füredi. The production was directed by Denise Radó, with music by Áron Sebestyén, written by Zoltán Egressy, and lyrics and dramaturgy by Péter Sziámi Müller. The choreographer was Anikó Szabó, and the creative concept and libretto were by Tibor Vona.

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Since its launch in 2006, as part of Daegu City’s initiative to establish itself as a hub for musical theater, DIMF has grown into Korea’s only global musical festival, writes The Korea Herald. The festival’s support program for original musicals has consistently produced tangible outcomes and successes. This year, five new original musicals have premiered. Each was selected through DIMF’s Original Musical Support Program, a process that evaluates scripts and music for stage production support. Over the past 18 years, the program has discovered 82 new works.

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