For nearly a century, it has been a tradition of the Hungarian State Opera to mark All Souls’ Day with Verdi’s Requiem as a reflection on mortality, a tradition that, in recent decades, has also been associated with the national day of mourning on 4 November. Premiered in 2024, the OPERA presents the requiem mass in a staged version directed by Ádám Tulassay. This year’s principal performers are Zsuzsanna Ádám, Erika Gál, István Kovácsházi, and Gosh Sargsyan, with Jiří Habart conducting the OPERA Orchestra and Chorus.
Featuring Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music, the most beautiful fairy-tale ballet is brought to life by the talented young ballet students of the Hungarian State Opera. In the highly successful production Little Sleeping Beauty by the Hungarian National Ballet Institute, children will once again reach out to children on 25 & 26 October 25, and 2 November 2025, to introduce them to the beautiful world of classical ballet.
Promising young talents of the international opera scene, selected from the students of the Georg Solti Accademia in Italy, will perform at the special concert titled Solti Gala with Rising Stars on 19 October 2025, on the stage of the Hungarian State Opera. The gala’s colourful program features some of the most beautiful arias, duets, and ensembles from the operatic repertoire, ranging from Mozart to Puccini. The OPERA Orchestra will be conducted by Sámuel Csaba Tóth.