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Peace and War: a Hungarian victory for Bieito’s bold production
Calixto Bieito takes on Prokofiev's Tolstoy epic – and wins in the opera's Hungarian premiere.
The Queen of Sheba a rare Hungarian delight in New York
The Hungarian State Opera's first New York tour featured an opera of forbidden love set in the Biblical Times by Karl Goldmark, and was a rare treat for the New York audience.
Tannhäuser's long and tortuous journey of the spirit
Stephen Gould is less than convincing in the lead role of Tannhäuser, but excellent ensemble work under Ádám Fischer's inspired direction offers compensations.
Un ballo glitters but doesn’t ignite in Budapest
The acting was patchy and the singing ranged from serviceable to laudable in this dazzling new production at the Budapest Spring Festival.
Hungarian forces at their finest
With Gergely Kesselyák on double duty as conductor and director, this revival proves musically outstanding but theatrically less than satisfying.
Hungarian State Opera's slow-motion The Queen of Sheba
The score of Goldmark's opera is filled with lovely orchestral surprises, in addition to stunning arias, but is often filled with an abundance of slow tempos.