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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

BudapestVerdi: Il trovatoreNew production

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Verdi: Il trovatore
Martin Rajna; Gergely Kesselyák; Hungarian State Opera; Edit Zeke; Rita Velich; Tamás Pillinger; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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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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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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Szinetár lets the laughs rule in Hungarian Magic Flute

The Hungarian State Opera's revival of The Magic Flute lacks a little magic. 
**111
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Witches at centre stage in Hungarian Macbeth

Miklós Szinetár's production for Hungarian State Opera is easy on the eye, but perhaps a little too beautiful for its subject matter.
***11
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Kálmán’s The Duchess of Chicago beguiles Budapest

This exhilarating remake of Kálmán's 1928 operetta gem is worth booking a trip to Budapest to catch it.
*****
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