Hungarian State OperaAndrássy út 22, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1061, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Performers
| Hungarian State Opera | ||
| Alan Buribayev | Conductor | |
| Calixto Bieito | Director | |
| Rebecca Ringst | Set Designer | |
| Ingo Krügler | Costume Designer | |
| Michael Bauer | Lighting Designer | |
| Hungarian State Opera Orchestra | ||
| Hungarian State Opera Chorus | ||
| Csaba Szegedi | Baritone | Prince Andrei Bolkonsky |
| Andrea Brassói-Jőrös | Soprano | Natasha Rostova (Natalya ) |
| Szabolcs Brickner | Tenor | Count Pierre Bezukhov |
| Péter Fried | Bass | Field-Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov |
| Zsolt Haja | Baritone | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| István Kovács | Bass | Count Ilya Rostov |
| Erika Gál | Mezzo-soprano | Hélène Bezukhova |
| Melinda Heiter | Mezzo-soprano | Sonya |
| Zoltán Nyári | Tenor | Anatole Kuragin |
| Krisztián Cser | Bass | Dolokhov, Jacquot |
| András Kiss | Baritone | Colonel Vasska Denisov |
| Anna Csenge Fürjes | Mezzo-soprano | Princess Marya Bolkonskaya |
| Dalma Süle | Soprano | Dunyasha, Madame Peronskaya |
| Andrea Szántó | Mezzo-soprano | Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, Mavra Kusminitchna |
| Lusine Sahakyan | Mezzo-soprano | Matriosha |
| Gergely Ujvári | Tenor | French Abbé, Monsieur de Beausset |
| Benjámin Beeri | Tenor | Fyodor, Gérard |
| Barna Bartos | Baritone | Ivanov |
| Péter Balczó | Tenor | Platon Karataev |
| Ferenc Cserhalmi | Bass | Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky, General Belliard |
| Boldizsár Zajkás | Bass | Marshal Berthier, Gavrila, Marshal Davout |
| Máté Fülep | Baritone | Matveyev, Tikhon Scherbatsky |
| Bence Pataki | Bass | Metivier |
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany. The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the tsarist (or Soviet) scenes of the second, War part. Prokofiev paints a masterful picture of the fight of the masses and the individual characters in it. He interweaves the plot into a gigantic tale of love and death. The opera featuring 72 characters is adapted and produced by Catalan director Calixto in co-production with the Geneva Grand Théâtre.
Subscriptions on sale until 30 June 2022; tickets on sale from 4 July 2022
