Awesome grandeur: Berlioz’ Grand Messe des morts at Müpa Budapest

The Hungarian NPO, Honvéd Male Choir, Hungarian Radio and Hungarian National Choirs

Howard Williams

The Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra brass

Par Orsolya Gyárfás, 03 novembre 2022

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“the opening of Tuba mirum was nothing sort of soul-shaking”

Critique faite à Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, le 1 novembre 2022

Berlioz, Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5

Andrew Staples, Ténor

Chœur National Hongrois

Hungarian Radio Choir

Honvéd Male Choir

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Howard Williams, Direction

Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes an outstanding Enescu Festival debut

Edward Sava-Segal, 19th September

The young cellist excels in Shostakovich with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Cristian Mandeal.

****1

Argerich and Dutoit demonstrate that vitality is ageless

Edward Sava-Segal, 18th September

Martha Argerich returns to the Enescu Festival for one of the pillars of her repertory, Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, in a buoyant performance.

***11

A radiant Werther in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 22nd February

In their role debuts, Tassis Christoyannis and Véronique Gens make for an incredible pair in this concert performance of Massenet's opera.

****1

Bartók battles his inner demons and stars in his own Budapest ballet

Mark Pullinger, 26th May

Tamás Juronics choreographs the Concerto for Orchestra as a biographical ballet depicting a fragile Béla Bartók rising from his hospital bed.

****1

The ultimate love story: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde in Budapest

Alexander Hall, 16th June

As part of the annual Wagner festival in the Hungarian capital, Peter Seiffert and Allison Oakes star as the doomed lovers.

****1

Sensational Hungarian double bill at Müpa

David Smythe, 10th February

In a sensational Hungarian double bill of taut psychological drama at Müpa, Péter Eötvös' Senza sangue proves a thrilling partner to Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle.

*****

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Orsolya Gyárfás

A university student in Budapest, currently pursuing a degree in Aesthetics, Orsolya is an opera fan, particularly interested in the works of Mozart and Wagner.