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BudapestAdams: Nixon in China
Adams: Nixon in China
Gregory Vajda; András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Sebastian Hannak; Richárd Marton; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
BudapestPuccini: La bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Martin Rajna; Kálmán Nádasdy; Sámuel Csaba Tóth; Gusztáv Oláh; Gergely Boncsér; Andrei Danilov
BudapestMagnificat / Messiah
Bach, Händel
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Benjamin Bayl; Rita Rácz; Andrea Brassói-Jőrös; Atala Schöck; Tibor Szappanos
BudapestPoldini: Love Adrift
Poldini: Hochzeit im Fasching (Love Adrift)
Sándor Szabolcs; András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Fügedi; Márk Kiss; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
BudapestVerdi: RigolettoKonzertante Aufführung
Verdi: Rigoletto
Leonardo Sini; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Alexandru Agache; Michele Kalmandy
BudapestWagner: ParsifalKonzertante Aufführung
Wagner: Parsifal
Péter Halász; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Michele Kalmandy; Károly Szemerédy
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Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at 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.
Sumptuous revival of Arabella at Hungarian State Opera
Hungarian State Opera revives their mostly period production of Strauss' Arabella with star turns by sopranos Polina Pasztircsák and Laura Topolánszky.
Znaniecki's directorial success in Budapest
Polish opera director Michał Znaniecki created a new version of Zoltán Kodály’s 1927 The Spinning Room, a short one-act which is basically a collection of 21 Hungarian folksongs that Kodály had selected from the Székely region.
Sándor Zsóter takes brave aim but misses the mark
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.