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BudapestMozart: Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Péter Halász; Miklós Szinetár; Hungarian State Opera; Dárius Teremi; Péter Horgas; Rita Velich; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
BudapestBest of Händel / Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Augustin Szokos; Dóra Barta; Hungarian State Opera; Dániel Erdélyi; László Bartal; Ildikó Tihanyi; Andrea Kovács
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
BudapestKacsóh: John the Valiant
Kacsóh: János Vitéz (John the Valiant)
Dániel Erdélyi; Máté Szabó; Hungarian State Opera; Balázs Horesnyi; Anni Füzér; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
BudapestBella – Almási: PassionWorld premiere
Bella: Passion
Ádám Cser; András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Lili Izsák; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Botond Pál
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Epic swing and miss: Boris Godunov opens at Hungarian State Opera
András Almási-Toth production of the original version of Mussorgsky's historical epic underwhelms in Budapest.
Of whales and metaphors: Peter Eötvös' Valuska premieres in Budapest
Peter Eötvös' 13th opera – the first in his native Hungarian – premieres at the Eiffel Art Studios in Budapest.
Gripping Budapest revival of Iphigenie holds true to Gluck's aims
Cast and orchestra excel in a sensitive linking of Gluck’s music and drama in Róbert Alföldi's simple, direct production at the Hungarian State Opera.
Peace and War: a Hungarian victory for Bieito’s bold production
Calixto Bieito takes on Prokofiev's Tolstoy epic – and wins in the opera's Hungarian premiere.
A near-flawless cast in Das Rheingold in Budapest
Hartmut Schörghofer's updated concert staging receives strong singing from everyone and a thrilling orchestral performance.
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.
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The ever-present crowd: Peter Eötvös’ Valuska
Staged by Hungarian State Opera, Peter Eötvos’ thirteenth opera, his first in the Hungarian language, adapts László Krasznahorkai’s darkly surreal novel The Melancholy of Resistance.