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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
BudapestOrff: Carmina Burana
Orff: Carmina Burana
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Tibor Bogányi; Tímea Papp; Mónika Szelei; Dániel Erdélyi; Erika Miklósa
BudapestRossini / Mozart / Milhaud: Figaro3
Rossini, Mozart, Milhaud
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ádám Cser; Tamas Tarjányi; Orsolya Sztankay; Péter Rudolf; Krisztián Cser
BudapestErkel: László Hunyadi
Erkel: Hunyadi László
Zsolt Hamar; Szilveszter Ókovács; Hungarian State Opera; Krisztina Lisztopád; Tamás Pillinger; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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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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.
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.
A worthy rarity: Erkel’s Bánk bán has its belated American première
The music, a combination of Italian-sounding melodies, German instrumentation and Hugarian dotted rhythms, was remarkably captivating.
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.
Boom or bust: the Hungarian State Opera's new Bánk Bán
The big heart and generous melodies of Ferenc Erkel's fine opera shine through in difficult circumstances in Atilla Vidnyánszky semi-abstract new staging at the Erkel Theatre.
Musical performances stand out in Budapest Siegfried
The third installment of Géza M. Tóth's staging of the Ring, this Siegfried is visually striking, but it's only a strong cast, and above all Egils Silins' Wanderer, that makes it worth attending.