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BudapestAdams: Nixon in China

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Adams: Nixon in China
Gregory Vajda; András Almási-Toth; Opéra d'État hongrois; Sebastian Hannak; Richárd Marton; Orchestre de l'Opéra d'État hongrois

BudapestBest of Händel / Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Didon et Énée)
Augustin Szokos; Dóra Barta; Opéra d'État hongrois; Dániel Erdélyi; László Bartal; Ildikó Tihanyi; Andrea Kovács

BudapestWagner: Die Walküre

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Wagner: La Walkyrie (Die Walküre)
Ulf Schirmer; Géza M. Tóth; Opéra d'État hongrois; Gergely Zöldy Z; Ibolya Bárdosi; Orchestre de l'Opéra d'État hongrois; István Kovácsházi
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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.

Elektra in Budapest: all goes well... until the last minute

Szilvia Rálik (Elektra) and Atala Schöck (Klytaemnestra) © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera
Balázs Kovalik’s interpretation of Elektra is revived in Budapest, impressing until the B-movie cliché finale. 

Hungarian State Opera delightfully revamps L’incoronazione di Poppea

Monteverdi’s last opera, recomposed by Máté Bella for a modern orchestra and a jazz combo, is an over-the-top, glitzy romp with plenty of casual sex and even more casual violence.