The Hungarian State Opera commemorated the 50th anniversary if the first release of the Beatles album Please Please Me with a special concert, giving a selection of classical adaptations of Beatles tunes.
Maestro Ács, former dirigent of Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras comes to the Hungarian State Opera to conduct pieces of Mascagni on two nights - 31st March and 2nd April.
Test operation of the Erkel Theatre (the second opera theatre of Budapest, having been closed for almost six years) started with an amazing ballet evening in front of an audience of 2000.
The General Assembly of the Budapest Philharmonic Society - the orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera - elected internationally acclaimed conductor Pinchas Steinberg Chief Conductor and President of the orchestra on 5 February 2013. Steinberg will take over in February 2014.
