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Brassói-Jőrös, Andrea Csiki, Gábor Fischer, Iván Fischer, Ádám Hajzer, Nikolett Pataki, Bence Schiff, Sir András Sándor, Csaba See all...

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BudapestPuccini: ToscaConcert performance

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Oct 15, 28, Nov 10, 18, 2027 Jan 17, 20, 24

Puccini: Tosca

Cornelius Meister; István Dénes; Gergely Kesselyák; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

BudapestKodály: Háry JánosNew production

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Oct 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 mat

Kodály: Háry János

Péter Halász; Attila Béres; Hungarian State Opera; Hanna Erős; Ildikó Tihanyi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Children's Chorus

BudapestMozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

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Eiffel Art Studios: Bánffy Stage, Oct 17 mat, 18, 24

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

Tibor Bogányi; Miklós H. Vecsei; Hungarian State Opera; Kiégő Izzók (Glowing Bulbs); Vecsei Kinga Réta; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

BudapestLittle Swan Lake

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Oct 17 mat, 24 mat

Tchaikovsky: Little Swan Lake

Dace Radina; Hungarian National Ballet; Hungarian National Ballet Institute

BudapestHungarian singers present Kodály folk songs

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Sun 18 Oct at 11:00

Andrea Brassói-Jőrös; Erika Gál; István Kovácsházi; Csaba Sándor

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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days

Magnus Vigilius (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens © Attila Nagy | Müpa Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 05 Jun

Birgit Kajtna-Wönig’s new semi-staging of Wagner's Bühnenweihfestspiel pays homage to Ádám Fischer's committed musical forces.

***11

All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Lohengrin at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz/Hungarian State Opera

Orsolya Gyárfás, 16 Nov

Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.

**111

Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Andrè Schuen (Don Giovanni) and Luca Pisaroni (Leporello) © Judit Horvath

Orsolya Gyárfás, 09 Sep

Iván Fischer's reworking of his 2017 production of Don Giovanni is musically capable, but dramatically unconvincing.

***11

Stuck in purgatory: Tannhäuser at Budapest’s Wagner Days

Dorottya Láng (Venus) © Attila Nagy | Müpa Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 29 Jun

Individual performances impress, but conducting and production both prove too meandering in this year’s Wagner Days Tannhäuser.

***11

A thrilling, opulent La Bayadère at Hungarian National Ballet

Hungarian National Ballet in the Kingdom of Shades from Albert Mirzoyan's La Bayadère © Valter Berecz / Hungarian State Opera

Gianmarco Segato, 14 Jun

Hungarian National Ballet's La Bayadère revitalizes tradition with a new reconstruction of its forgotten final act.

*****