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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. 

Contemporary opera has bounced back from the disruptions of the pandemic with significant gusto. We look ahead to several major operatic world premieres in the 2023–24 season.

Staged by Hungarian State Opera, Peter Eötvos’ thirteenth opera, his first in the Hungarian language, adapts László Krasznahorkai’s darkly surreal novel The Melancholy of Resistance.

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.

We spoke to the Hungarian composer about his latest opera, future plans and how music and theatre go hand in hand.

Ahead of his concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Eötvös talks about his musical influences and inspirations.