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BudapestMahler: Symphony No. 8
Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; János Kovács; Zita Szemere; Lilla Horti; Zsuzsanna Kapi; Andrea Szántó
BudapestOrff: Carmina Burana
Orff: Carmina Burana
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Tibor Bogányi; Tímea Papp; Mónika Szelei; Dániel Erdélyi; Erika Miklósa
BudapestRossini / Mozart / Milhaud: Figaro3
Rossini, Mozart, Milhaud
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ádám Cser; Tamas Tarjányi; Orsolya Sztankay; Péter Rudolf; Krisztián Cser
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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.