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A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring
A Ring cycle of sustained excellence closes with telling contributions from Foster, Vinke and Pesendorfer in the three lead roles.
Reuter and Schöck turn up the heat in Die Walküre in Budapest
Six excellent singers bring out the best in Wagner's dramatic narrative, marred only by a Ride of the Valkyries that fails to convince.
A near-flawless cast in Das Rheingold in Budapest
Hartmut Schörghofer's updated concert staging receives strong singing from everyone and a thrilling orchestral performance.
Portents in place for a downfall
Budapest's Wagner Festival opens with an excellent Rheingold in a skilful combination of singing, acting and projections.
Budapest Festival Orchestra offer a blast of fresh Bruckner
This concert saw the Budapest Festival Orchestra reduced to a period ensemble of fewer than ten musicians plus soloists for Bach’s cantata ‘Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht’, and after the interval packed closely together as they filled the large stage of the Konzerthaus with forces well in excess of the not-insignificant minimum required for a big Bruckner symphony.
Feine Lyrik in Budapester Walküre
Mit einer musikalisch gradiosen Aufführung der Walküre und prägnant-wirkungsvollen Projektionen wurde in Budapest der Ring-Zyklus von Adam Fischer fortgesetzt.