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By Gianmarco Segato, 15 June 2025

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“the effect was stunning, and showcased their impressive, precise unison”

Reviewed at Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest on 14 June 2025

La Bayadère (Marius Petipa, Albert Mirzoyan)

Hungarian National Ballet

Máté Hámori, Conductor

Péter Dobszay, Conductor

István Rózsa, Set Designer

Nóra Rományi, Costume Designer

Tamás Pillinger, Lighting Designer

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Tatyjana Melnyik, Dancer

Maria Beck, Dancer

Louis Scrivener, Dancer

Motomi Kiyota, Dancer

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.