The first act of Die Walküre, the Wesendonck Lieder evoking Tristan und Isolde, and the overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg feature in the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra’s concert on 12 October 2025. The concert, titled Golden Age: Wagner, will take place in the Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue, featuring soloists István Kovácsházi, Eszter Sümegi, Krisztián Cser, and Andrea Szántó. The OPERA Orchestra will be conducted by Péter Halász.
Nearly four thousand people attended the three performances of La bohème, sixteen hundred the Beethoven concert, while a total of ten thousand tickets were sold for the six ballet performances of Swan Lake. Thus, the Hungarian State Opera’s season-opening guest appearance at the Dubai Opera, held from 18 to 28 September 2025, was accompanied by resounding success, surpassing that of two years earlier.
Under the title Bittersweet Comedies, the Hungarian National Ballet will present three contemporary classical choreographies spiced with humour or sensuality in a single evening. Johan Inger’s Walking Mad, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, and Hans van Manen’s 5 Tangos can be seen four times between 11 and 19 October 2025, on the stages of the Eiffel Art Studios and the Opera House.