Dear audience, it has been a tradition of 130 years at the Hungarian State Opera that at the end of the first act of Parsifal applause is not recommended. We kindly ask you to keep that noble tradition alive by not applauding after the first act. Thank you for your understanding.
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.
