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BudapestLucia di Lammermoor
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
János Kovács; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Cziegler; Ildikó Tihanyi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Eszter Orbán
BudapestBánk bán
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Erkel: Bánk bán
Ádám Cser; Attila Vidnyánszky; Hungarian State Opera; Oleksandr Bilozub; Viktória Nagy; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Eszter Orbán
BudapestRigoletto
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Péter Halász; Mária Harangi; Hungarian State Opera; Attila Csikós; Rita Velich; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Mihály Kálmándy
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Fine voices, staid production: Rigoletto at Hungarian State Opera
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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.
Csaba Polgár tries to make the best of La Fille du régiment
Zita Szemere is a wonderfully ebullient Marie, but the new production at the Hungarian State Opera merits a mixed report card.
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.