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The evening starts with life-affirming Beethoven – and then, the Budapest Festival Orchestra demonstrate just how good native Hungarians can be in Bartók’s chiller.

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London

6. Aug. 2025

Bluebeard at the Proms with Iván Fischer and the BFO

Von Roy Westbrook

Andrea Szántó (Laura) and Francesca Tiburzi (La Gioconda) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera

Budapest

Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda at Hungarian State Opera

Von Gianmarco Segato, 11. Juni 2025

Hungarian State Opera's cut-down, dramatically inert Gioconda fails to ignite the stage in Budapest, despite a solid musical foundation.

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Budapest

11. Juni 2025

Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Von Gianmarco Segato

Valuska © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera

Budapest

Of whales and metaphors: Peter Eötvös' Valuska premieres in Budapest

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 2. Dezember 2023

Peter Eötvös' 13th opera – the first in his native Hungarian – premieres at the Eiffel Art Studios in Budapest.

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Budapest

2. Dez. 2023

Of whales and metaphors: Peter Eötvös' Valuska premieres in Budapest

Von Zenaida des Aubris

War and Peace © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera

Budapest

Peace and War: a Hungarian victory for Calixto Bieito’s bold production

Von Elodie Olson-Coons, 28. Januar 2023

Calixto Bieito takes on Prokofiev's Tolstoy epic – and wins in the opera's Hungarian premiere.

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Budapest

28. Jan. 2023

Peace and War: a Hungarian victory for Bieito’s bold production

Von Elodie Olson-Coons

Porto

Peter Eötvös protagoniza un profético programa en la Casa da Música de Oporto

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 12. März 2022

El compositor Peter Eötvös se pone al frente de la Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música para dirigir su ópera Senza sangue muy bien complementada con El castillo de Barbazul.

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Porto

12. März 2022

Peter Eötvös protagoniza un profético programa en la Casa da Música

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Budapest

Hungarian State Opera delightfully revamps L’incoronazione di Poppea

Von Jenny Camilleri, 13. März 2021

Monteverdi’s last opera, recomposed by Máté Bella for a modern orchestra and a jazz combo, is an over-the-top, glitzy romp with plenty of casual sex and even more casual violence.

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Budapest

13. März 2021

Hungarian State Opera delightfully revamps L’incoronazione di Poppea

Von Jenny Camilleri

New York City

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra deliver astonishing Bartók at Carnegie Hall

Von Ako Imamura, 6. April 2019

In a program devoted to Béla Bartók, the visitors from Hungary conveyed both a distinct uniqueness of their heritage as well as a possibility of music as a tool for communication and understanding.

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New York City

6. Apr. 2019

Astonishing Bartók from the BFO at Carnegie Hall

Von Ako Imamura

Paris

L'éloquence de Bartók : le Budapest Festival Orchestra à la Philharmonie

Von Arthur Macé, 31. März 2019

Trois jours de festivités musicales autour de Budapest ont révélé, pour sa première venue à la Philharmonie de Paris, le jeune chef Gábor Káli, dans un programme entièrement bartókien. À l'honneur ce dimanche : Le Château de Barbe-Bleue.

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Paris

31. März 2019

L'éloquence de Bartók par le Budapest Festival Orchestra

Von Arthur Macé

Budapest

Un ballo in maschera glitters but doesn’t ignite in Budapest

Von Jenny Camilleri, 21. April 2018

The acting was patchy and the singing ranged from serviceable to laudable in this dazzling new production at the Budapest Spring Festival.

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Budapest

21. Apr. 2018

Un ballo glitters but doesn’t ignite in Budapest

Von Jenny Camilleri

Budapest

Senza sangue the ideal partner to Bluebeard’s Castle in sensational Hungarian double bill

Von David Smythe, 10. Februar 2018

In a sensational Hungarian double bill of taut psychological drama at Müpa, Péter Eötvös' Senza sangue proves a thrilling partner to Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle.

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Budapest

10. Feb. 2018

Sensational Hungarian double bill at Müpa

Von David Smythe

Budapest

Hungarian State Opera makes a strong case for Verdi's Stiffelio

Von David Karlin, 30. Oktober 2017

Show-stealing bass singing from Krisztián Cser and an immensely powerful Act 2 make a persuasive case for Verdi's neglected predecessor to Rigoletto.

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Budapest

30. Okt. 2017

Making a strong case for Verdi's Stiffelio

Von David Karlin

London

Splendour falls on castle walls: authoritative Bartók from the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Von Matthew Rye, 23. Mai 2017

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra gave a lesson in ethnomusicology as part of the their all-Bartók programme, which culminated in a towering performance of Bluebeard's Castle.

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London

23. Mai 2017

Splendour falls on castle walls

Von Matthew Rye

Bruges

Quand la vérité surgit dans l’art : Iván Fischer dévoile Le Château de Barbe-Bleue de Bartók

Von Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 18. Mai 2017

Retour sur la performance mémorable du Château de Barbe-Bleue à l'occasion du Budapest Festival, une formule désormais annuelle qui offre durant quelques jours au Budapest Festival Orchestra le monopole du Concertgebouw de Bruges.

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Bruges

18. Mai 2017

Quand la vérité surgit dans l’art : Iván Fischer dévoile Le Château de Barbe-Bleue de Bartók

Von Jan-Jakob Delanoye

Budapest

A national classic in a convoluted staging: Erkel's Hunyadi László in Budapest

Von Orsolya Gyárfás, 10. März 2017

With a convoluted production and uneven cast, Tamás Pál in the pit and Klára Kolonits as Erzsébet Szilágyi prove to be the highlights of the performance of this Erkel classic.

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Budapest

10. März 2017

Erkel's Hunyadi László in Budapest

Von Orsolya Gyárfás

Budapest

Péter Eötvös' Love and other demons: music for martyrs in Budapest

Von Alexandra Ivanoff, 27. Januar 2017

The Hungarian State Opera offered up a belated Hungarian première by one of its native sons, Péter Eötvös – his 2007 opera Love and Other Demons.

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Budapest

27. Jan. 2017

Péter Eötvös: music for martyrs in Budapest

Von Alexandra Ivanoff

Budapest

Whimsical Tempest takes Budapest by storm

Von Alexandra Ivanoff, 21. Mai 2016

Hungarian State Opera mount a successful première of Thomas Adès's take on Shakespeare, with the show stolen by Laure Meloy's Ariel.

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Budapest

21. Mai 2016

Whimsical Tempest takes Budapest by storm

Von Alexandra Ivanoff

London

Leather and velvet: the Budapest Festival Orchestra's Magic Flute at the Royal Festival Hall

Von Dominic Lowe, 10. Mai 2016

Iván Fischer's staged concert had its flaws, but some original ideas and a strong cast gave an impressive performance.

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London

10. Mai 2016

Leather and velvet: Budapest FO's Magic Flute

Von Dominic Lowe

Budapest

Idomeneo takes Budapest by storm

Von Orsolya Gyárfás, 10. April 2016

A neglected work in Hungary, Idomeneo receives an intense performance under the baton of György Vashegyi.

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Budapest

10. Apr. 2016

Idomeneo takes Budapest by storm

Von Orsolya Gyárfás

Budapest

An Aida in Budapest that could be re-named Amneris

Von Alexandra Ivanoff, 27. Februar 2016

Known for her powerful interpretations of the blockbuster Italian mezzo roles, the great Hungarian diva Ildikó Komlósi dominates the new production of Aida in Budapest.

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Budapest

27. Feb. 2016

An Aida in Budapest that could be re-named Amneris

Von Alexandra Ivanoff

Budapest

Der Freischütz: Sándor Zsóter takes brave aim but misses the mark

Von Mark Pullinger, 27. Mai 2015

Any director taking on Weber’s Der Freischütz faces big challenges. Sándor Zsóter’s production for the Hungarian State Opera takes risks, with very mixed results.

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Budapest

27. Mai 2015

Sándor Zsóter takes brave aim but misses the mark

Von Mark Pullinger