The Erkel Theatre at Night
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Pagliacci
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La Fanciulla del West
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Hungarian State Opera House
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Eiffel Art Studios
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Háry János
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Cavalleria Rusticana
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Auditorium of the Erkel Theatre
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BudapestCavalleria rusticana
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Marco Comin; Georges Delnon; Hungarian State Opera; Madeleine Schleich; Prisca Baumann; Ildikó Komlósi; Zsófia Kálnay
BudapestHáry János
Kodály: Háry János
Török Géza; Attila Vidnyánszky; Hungarian State Opera; Máté Hámori; Ádám Medveczky; Oleksandr Bilozub; Bianca Imelda Jeremias
BudapestGold and the Woman / The Tót FamilyNew production
Kenessey, Tóth
Zsolt Jankó; Csaba Káel; Hungarian State Opera; Éva Szendrényi; István Kovács; Zita Váradi; Atilla Kiss B
BudapestA Streetcar Named Desire
Dés: A Streetcar Named Desire
Marianna Venekei; Hungarian National Ballet; Gergely Zöldy; Bianca Imelda Jeremias
BudapestPas de quatre
Various, Rachmaninov, Schubert
Leo Mujic; Various; Corneliu Gnea; William Forsythe; Ballet Company of Győr; Ballet Pécs; Szeged Contemporary Dance Company; Hungarian National Ballet
BudapestSylvia
Delibes: Sylvia
László Seregi; Hungarian National Ballet; András Déri; Gábor Forray; Tivadar Márk
BudapestManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Balázs Kocsár; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Anni Füzér; Gabriella Létay Kiss; Gergely Boncsér; Attila Fekete
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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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