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The Erkel Theatre at Night
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Lucia di Lammermoor
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The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
© Nagy Attila
Bánk bán
© Nagy Attila
Hungarian State Opera House
© Attila Juhasz
Giselle
© Szilvia Csibi
Les Huguenots
© Valter Berecz
Auditorium of the Erkel Theatre
© Hungarian State Opera
Nabucco
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BudapestGiselle
Adam: Giselle
Jean Coralli; Jules Perrot; Marius Petipa; Leonid Lavrovsky; Hungarian National Ballet; Zsolt Jankó; Attila Csikós; Nelly Vágó
BudapestLes Huguenots
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Oliver von Dohnányi; János Szikora; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Horesnyi; Yvette Alida Kovács; Klára Kolonits; Gabriella Balga
BudapestL'oca del CairoNew production
Mozart: L'oca del Cairo
Pál Németh; Attila Toronykőy; Hungarian State Opera; Katalin Juhász; István Kovács; Anikó Bakonyi
BudapestL'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Cziegler; Anni Füzér; Gabriella Balga; Viktória Mester
BudapestLucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Balázs Kocsár; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Peter Valentovic; Balázs Cziegler; Ildikó Tihanyi; Csaba Szegedi
BudapestThe Fountain of Bakhchisarai
Asafiev: The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
Rostislav Zakharov; Hungarian National Ballet; Yannis Pouspourikas; Zoltán Fülöp; Tivadar Márk
BudapestLa GiocondaNew production
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Gergely Kesselyák; Ferenc Anger; Hungarian State Opera; Éva Szendrényi; Gergely Zöldy; Csilla Boross; Eszter Sümegi
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The Queen of Sheba a rare Hungarian delight in New York
The Hungarian State Opera's first New York tour featured an opera of forbidden love set in the Biblical Times by Karl Goldmark, and was a rare treat for the New York audience.
Idiomatic Bluebeard's Castle from the Hungarians in New York
Powerful and evocative imagery, both literal and implied, lingered on beyond the drop of the curtain.
A worthy rarity: Erkel’s Bánk bán has its belated American première
The music, a combination of Italian-sounding melodies, German instrumentation and Hugarian dotted rhythms, was remarkably captivating.
Un ballo glitters but doesn’t ignite in Budapest
The acting was patchy and the singing ranged from serviceable to laudable in this dazzling new production at the Budapest Spring Festival.
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The Hungarian National Ballet brings its Don Quixote to New York
In addition to providing a showcase for the principals, the ballet provides ample opportunity for the company's soloists to shine.
Theme and Variations / Études opens in Budapest
A double bill that focuses on the purity of classical ballet form, in a fine combined 70th Anniversary celebration, excellently performed by Hungarian National Ballet.
Three shades of Hans van Manen
Now an ever-developing city, Budapest has become much more than faded grandeur, actually, and the Hungarian National Ballet’s recent moves reflect just that
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Puccini and plenty more: Hungarian State Opera in 2018-9
After an extensive tour while the Opera House is refurbished, the company returns to its ancestral home with a concentrated dose of all twelve Puccini operas. But the repertory system ensures that there's plenty of other fare.
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