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Beethoven: Fidelio
Péter Halász; Tobias Kratzer; Hungarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
BudapestDer Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
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Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
Dárius Teremi; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Robert Menczel; Ildikó Tihanyi; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Balázs Csémy
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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.