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The Erkel Theatre at Night
© Hungarian State Opera
Die Fledermaus
© Vera Eder
La Bohème
© Attila Juhasz
Die Zauberflöte
© Szilvia Csibi
Hungarian State Opera House
© Attila Juhasz
Giselle
© Szilvia Csibi
Les Huguenots
© Valter Berecz
Auditorium of the Erkel Theatre
© Hungarian State Opera
Nabucco
© Szilvia Csibi
The Nutcracker
© Szilvia Csibi
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BudapestLa fanciulla del WestNew production
Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Balázs Kocsár; Vasily Barkhatov; Hungarian State Opera; Zinovy Margolin; Olga Shaishmelashvili; Éva Bátori; Szilvia Rálik
BudapestDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Péter Halász; Miklós Szinetár; Hungarian State Opera; Péter Horgas; Rita Velich; Tibor Szappanos; Andrea Rost
BudapestLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Gergely Kesselyák; Kálmán Nádasdy; Hungarian State Opera; Gusztáv Oláh; Tivadar Márk; Istvan Horvath; Gergely Boncsér
BudapestThe Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Hungarian National Ballet; András Déri; Gusztáv Oláh; Nóra Rományi
BudapestDie Fledermaus
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
János Kovács; Miklós Szinetár; Hungarian State Opera; Attila Csikós; Nelly Vágó; István Kovácsházi; Klára Kolonits
BudapestNew Year at the Erkel
Gyöngyösi, Ponchielli, Lelkes, Beethoven
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Zsolt Hamar; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Orsolya Hajnalka Rőser; Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz; Tibor Szappanos
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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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