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BudapestLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
János Kovács; Ferenc Anger; Hungarian State Opera; Levente Török; Gergely Zöldy Z; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
BudapestMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
István Dénes; Miklós-Gábor Kerényi; Hungarian State Opera; Kentaur; Ilona Vágvölgyi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Gabriella Balga
BudapestBest of Puccini
Puccini
Gergely Madaras; Attila Toronykőy; Hungarian State Opera; István Dénes; Balázs Fügedi; Katalin Juhász; Tamás Pillinger
BudapestPuccini: La bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Martin Rajna; Kálmán Nádasdy; Sámuel Csaba Tóth; Gusztáv Oláh; Gergely Boncsér; Andrei Danilov
BudapestDelibes: Lakmé
Delibes: Lakmé
Ádám Cser; János Szemenyei; Tamás Rákay; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kata Tóth; Klára Kolonits
BudapestR. Strauss: SalomeNeuinszenierung
Strauss R.: Salome
Martin Rajna; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Márton Ágh; Ildikó Tihanyi; Csaba Szilárdi; Nicole Chevalier
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Balázs Kovalik’s opulent staging of Boito's Faustian opera threatens to overshadow the singers, but it makes for an exciting spectacle.
Csaba Polgár tries to make the best of La Fille du régiment
Zita Szemere is a wonderfully ebullient Marie, but the new production at the Hungarian State Opera merits a mixed report card.
Bánk bán evokes the loneliness of the Magyars at the Erkel Theatre
Considered Hungary's national opera, Ferenc Erkel's Bánk bán rarely travels beyond its borders, but is given a rousing performance by the Hungarian State Opera.
Making a strong case for Verdi's Stiffelio
Show-stealing bass singing from Krisztián Cser and an immensely powerful Act 2 make a persuasive case for Verdi's neglected predecessor to Rigoletto.
Les Huguenots at Hungarian State Opera
Oliver von Dohnányi leads a great orchestral performance to drive Meyerbeer's grand historical epic, lit up by sparkling coloratura from Klára Kolonits.
Péter Eötvös: music for martyrs in Budapest
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.