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BudapestPuccini: ToscaKonzertante Aufführung

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

BudapestKodály: Háry JánosNeuinszenierung

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

BudapestLittle Swan Lake

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Tschaikowsky: Little Swan Lake
Dace Radina; Hungarian National Ballet; Hungarian National Ballet Institute

BudapestMozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Tibor Bogányi; Miklós H. Vecsei; Hungarian State Opera; Kiégő Izzók (Glowing Bulbs); Vecsei Kinga Réta; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

BudapestFestive gala concert i.m. Zoltán Kodály

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Kodály
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ádám Medveczky; Szabolcs Brickner

BudapestThe Fountain of Bakhchisarai

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Assafiew: The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
Rostislav Zakharov; Hungarian National Ballet; Paul Connelly; Sámuel Csaba Tóth; Szilárd Kerekes; Tivadar Márk
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Ambrogio Maestri gibt Budapester Falstaff Auftrieb

Der große Mann im Fettanzug dominiert die Show und gibt dem Falstaff der Ungarischen Staatsoper Elan und Lebensfreude.
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Glänzende Turandot an der Ungarischen Staatsoper

Aufregend dirigiert und überwiegend gut gesungen sollte diese üppige aber schnörkellose Turandot sowohl Traditionalisten und abenteuerlustige Operngänger erfreuen.
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All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Lohengrin at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz/Hungarian State Opera
Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.
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Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Andrea Szántó (Laura) and Francesca Tiburzi (La Gioconda) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
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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Stumbling towards the chopping block: Maria Stuarda in Budapest

Orsolya Sáfár (Maria Stuarda) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
Martin Rajna's energetic conducting and Gabriella Balga's glorious Elisabetta are the bright spots in this flashy but empty house premiere of Donizetti's classic.
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Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at Hungarian State Opera

Zita Szemere (Gilda) and Attila Mókus (Rigoletto) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
Attila Mókus's dramatic baritone was scornful at one moment, tender, distressed, vengeful, or broken in mourning at others, vocal signposts in Rigoletto’s descent into the hell of his own making.
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BudapestCosì fan tutteNeuinszenierung

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Levente Török; Kriszta Székely; Hungarian State Opera; Zita Schnabel; Dóra Pattantyus; Tamás Pillinger; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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Maximum adaptability: Hungarian State Opera 2025–26

Parsifal at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
With over 300 performances of operas, ballets and concerts, the Hungarian State Opera and National Ballet are ever resourceful. We preview their expansive 2025–26 season. 

Witches, queens and more: Hungarian State Opera’s 2024–25 season

Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz
The 2024–25 season features new productions of Turandot, Maria Stuarda, Macbeth and La Bayadère, as well as a host of titles in rep from Hungary and elsewhere.

Budapest pulls out all the stops: the new Hungarian State Opera season

Hungarian State Opera © Peter Herman
The vast 2023–24 season at Budapest boast 41 different operas and 19 ballets – with new productions of Boris Godunov, Rusalka, ballets by Bartók, and a world premiere from Peter Eötvös.