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A Streetcar Named Desire
© Attila Nagy
Pagliacci
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La Fanciulla del West
© Péter Rákossy
Hungarian State Opera House
© Attila Juhasz
Eiffel Art Studios
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Háry János
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Cavalleria Rusticana
© Attila Nagy
Auditorium of the Erkel Theatre
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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
BudapestMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Pietro Rizzo; Miklós-Gábor Kerényi; Hungarian State Opera; Kentaur; Andrea Rost; Boldizsár László; Anatolij Fokanov
BudapestLa rondineNew production
Puccini: La rondine
Jószef Horváth; Ferenc Anger; Hungarian State Opera; Gergely Zöldy; Hungarian Opera of Kolozsvár
BudapestTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Ádám Medveczky; Viktor Nagy; Hungarian State Opera; Tamás Vayer; Nelly Vágó; Eszter Sümegi; István Kovácsházi
BudapestManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Balázs Kocsár; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Anni Füzér; Gabriella Létay Kiss; Gergely Boncsér; Attila Fekete
BudapestEdgarNew production
Puccini: Edgar
Gábor Káli; Ádám Tulassay; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Cziegler; Mónika Szelei; Beatrix Fodor; Gabriella Balga
BudapestSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Kocsak: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Gyula Harangozó; Hungarian National Ballet; Máté Hámori; István Silló; Kentaur; Rita Velich
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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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A strongly themed 2019-20 season for Hungarian State Opera
With over twenty new productions of opera, ballet, dance or staged choral works, the Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet present a 2019/20 packed with interesting ideas, many of them with a Christian theme to celebrate the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress.
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