Byzantium (play)

Byzantium (Hungarian: Bizánc) is a historical play by Ferenc Herczeg presenting the last hours of the existence of the Byzantine Empire before the Fall of Constantinople. The play opened at the National Theatre in Budapest on April 22, 1904. Based on this play, composer György Selmeczi wrote the opera Byzantium, which premiered in 2014 at the Hungarian Opera of Cluj-Napoca.

Byzantium (play)

Byzantium (Hungarian: Bizánc) is a historical play by Ferenc Herczeg presenting the last hours of the existence of the Byzantine Empire before the Fall of Constantinople. The play opened at the National Theatre in Budapest on April 22, 1904. Based on this play, composer György Selmeczi wrote the opera Byzantium, which premiered in 2014 at the Hungarian Opera of Cluj-Napoca.