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BudapestBest of Puccini

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Puccini
Gergely Madaras; Attila Toronykőy; Hungarian State Opera; István Dénes; Balázs Fügedi; Katalin Juhász; Tamás Pillinger

BudapestLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Gábor Káli; Judit Galgóczy; Hungarian State Opera; Attila Csikós; Nelly Vágó; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

BudapestMozart: Die Zauberflöte

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Péter Halász; Miklós Szinetár; Hungarian State Opera; Dárius Teremi; Péter Horgas; Rita Velich; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

BudapestErkel: László Hunyadi

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Erkel: Hunyadi László
Zsolt Hamar; Szilveszter Ókovács; Hungarian State Opera; Krisztina Lisztopád; Tamás Pillinger; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

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

BudapestBest of Puccini + Schicchi 2.0

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Puccini
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; István Dénes; Attila Toronykőy; Balázs Fügedi; Katalin Juhász; Tamás Pillinger
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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days

Magnus Vigilius (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens © Attila Nagy | Müpa Budapest
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig’s new semi-staging of Wagner's Bühnenweihfestspiel pays homage to Ádám Fischer's committed musical forces.
***11
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Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at Hungarian State Opera

Zita Szemere (Gilda) and Attila Mókus (Rigoletto) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
Attila Mókus's dramatic baritone was scornful at one moment, tender, distressed, vengeful, or broken in mourning at others, vocal signposts in Rigoletto’s descent into the hell of his own making.
***11
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Epic swing and miss: Boris Godunov opens at Hungarian State Opera

Boris Godunov © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
András Almási-Toth production of the original version of Mussorgsky's historical epic underwhelms in Budapest. 
**111
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Sumptuous revival of Arabella at Hungarian State Opera

Polina Pasztircsák (Arabella) and Csaba Szegedi (Mandryka) © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera
Hungarian State Opera revives their mostly period production of Strauss' Arabella with star turns by sopranos Polina Pasztircsák and Laura Topolánszky.
***11
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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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Hungarian State Opera goes full The Last of Us with new Idomeneo

Zsuzsanna Ádám (Elettra) and ensemble © Attila Nagy | Hungarian State Opera
Hungarian State Opera presents Idomeneo for the first time in almost 50 years in a musically superb, but controversial pandemic-informed dystopian setting.
***11
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