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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

BudapestPuccini: La bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Martin Rajna; Kálmán Nádasdy; Sámuel Csaba Tóth; Gusztáv Oláh; Gergely Boncsér; Andrei Danilov

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

BudapestVerdi: La traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Giampaolo Bisanti; Ferenc Anger; Hungarian State Opera; Gergely Zöldy Z; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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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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A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring

A Ring cycle of sustained excellence closes with telling contributions from Foster, Vinke and Pesendorfer in the three lead roles.
*****
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Long resonance of an overwhelming ending

Musical charm and mighty images of this Götterdämmerung leave the audience mesmerised.
****1
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An unforgettable Götterdämmerung

Iréne Théorin provides a spellbinding immolation scene, while Adam Fischer conjures a flawless orchestral performance to conclude Budapest's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
*****
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Total Immersion in Das Rheingold

This production came together brilliantly to illustrate the story of Das Rheingold. But the star of the show was MüPa’s Béla Bartók Hall, with its extraordinary acoustic.
****1
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René Jacobs' Freischütz: ein halbszenischer Volltreffer

Jacobs' eigene Premiere gestalteter Dialoge, ein sonst fehlender erklärend-verbindender Einstieg, Komik sowie fantastische Musiker ließen diesen weiteren Versuch einer Neuerzählung glücken.
****1
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