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BudapestMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
István Dénes; Miklós-Gábor Kerényi; Hungarian State Opera; Kentaur; Ilona Vágvölgyi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
BudapestMahler: Symphony No. 8
Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8 in Es-Dur 'Symphonie der Tausend'
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; János Kovács; Zita Szemere; Lilla Horti; Zsuzsanna Kapi; Andrea Szántó
BudapestBest of Händel / Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Augustin Szokos; Dóra Barta; Hungarian State Opera; Dániel Erdélyi; László Bartal; Ildikó Tihanyi; Andrea Kovács
BudapestBartók: Bluebeard’s CastleKonzertante Aufführung
Bartók: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Zsolt Hamar; Hungarian State Opera; Levente Török; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; András Palerdi; Christopher Maltman
BudapestWagner: Die Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre
Ulf Schirmer; Géza M. Tóth; Hungarian State Opera; Gergely Zöldy Z; Ibolya Bárdosi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; István Kovácsházi
BudapestVerdi: RigolettoKonzertante Aufführung
Verdi: Rigoletto
Leonardo Sini; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Alexandru Agache; Michele Kalmandy
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Sumptuous revival of Arabella at Hungarian State Opera
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A torrent of themes: Parsifal at Hungarian State Opera
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