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BudapestPuccini: ToscaConcert performance

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Puccini: Tosca
Cornelius Meister; István Dénes; Gergely Kesselyák; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

BudapestAdams: Nixon in China

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Adams: Nixon in China
Gregory Vajda; András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Sebastian Hannak; Richárd Marton; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

BudapestR. Strauss: SalomeNew production

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Strauss R.: Salome
Martin Rajna; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Márton Ágh; Ildikó Tihanyi; Csaba Szilárdi; Nicole Chevalier

BudapestBella – Almási: PassionWorld premiere

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Bella: Passion
Ádám Cser; András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Lili Izsák; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Botond Pál

BudapestWagner: ParsifalConcert performance

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Wagner: Parsifal
Péter Halász; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Michele Kalmandy; Károly Szemerédy

BudapestPuccini: Madama ButterflyNew production

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cornelius Meister; Barbora Horáková; Hungarian State Opera; Wolfgang Menardi; Eva Maria van Acker; Felice Ross; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Lohengrin at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz/Hungarian State Opera
Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.
**111
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New Rusalka staging hits most of the right notes in Budapest

Andrea Brassói-Jőrös (Rusalka) and Zoltán Nyári (Prince) © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera
Andrea Brassói-Jőrös shines in the title role of János Szikora's new staging of Dvořák's fairy tale opera. 
****1
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Commanding Götterdämmerung brings Müpa's Ring to a blazing end

Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) and Irène Theorin (Brünnhilde) © Szilvia Csibi | Müpa, Budapest
With Iréne Theorin's Brünnhilde rejuvenated, the Ring receives a worthy finale at the Budapest Wagner Days.
****1
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Gripping Budapest revival of Iphigenie holds true to Gluck's aims

Natália Tuznik (Iphigenie) © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera
Cast and orchestra excel in a sensitive linking of Gluck’s music and drama in Róbert Alföldi's simple, direct production at the Hungarian State Opera.
****1
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A torrent of themes: Parsifal at Hungarian State Opera

In András Almási-Toth's engaging new production, magnificent orchestral and choral performances let Wagner's music do the talking.
****1
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Hindoyan conducts a superb Bluebeard's Castle

The RLPO impresses in a sensitive concert staging of Bartók's operatic masterpiece, with intense singing from Károly Szemerédy and Adrienn Miksch.
****1
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ParisL'Affaire Makropoulos (Věc Makropulos)

L'Affaire Makropoulos à l'Opéra Bastille © Bernd Uhlig / Opéra national de Paris
Janáček: The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Susanna Mälkki; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris