It was not only in the institutional performance of opera in Hungary that Ferenc Erkel played a critical role, he was also responsible for organising the first Hungarian orchestra. And it was from the orchestra that first started operating at the Hungarian Theatre of Pest (later the National Theatre) in January 1838 that the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra evolved, making it more than 180 years old. They presented Erkel's first opera, Bátori Mária, and have been involved in the overwhelming majority of Hungary's opera premieres.

Sámuel Csaba Tóth
Orchestra director, conductor, opera répétiteur


Ernő Kállai
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster


Nagao Haruka
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster


Alexandre Anatolii Dimcevski
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster


Ágnes Kovácsné Soltész
orchestra member, first concertmaster


Elina Harsányi
orchestra member, concertmaster


Eszter Stankovsky
orchestra member, concertmaster


Imola Rajka
orchestra member, principal first violin


Magdolna Závodszky Tomsicsné
orchestra member, principal first violin


Anikó Ecseki
orchestra member, principal first violin, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2023/2024)


Ferenc Keskeny
orchestra member, principal first violin


Judit Kovács
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin


Márta Kisfaludy
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin


Manuéla Süvegesné Simon
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin


Ludmila Romanovskaya
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Johanna Szántóné Tóth-Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Éva Hartenstein
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Hajnalka Csikós
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Andrea Haffner
orchestra member, first violin tutti


László Nyuli
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Tamás Bíró
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Károly Gál
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Zita Novák
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Éva Paul
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Beatrix Bugony
orchestra member, first violin tutti


István Ludvig
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Gabriella Ürmösi Farkas
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Péter Foskolos
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Enikő Tury
orchestra member, first violin tutti


István Horváth
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Zsuzsanna Laskay
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Zsófia Molnár Maros
orchestra member, first violin tutti


József Rácz
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Ibolya Igaz Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Sára Katalin Szücsné Deák
Orchestra Member, principal second violin


Noémi Huszár
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Kanon Aoki
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Gábor Selmeczi
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Máté Soós
orchestra member, first violin tutti


Patrícia Fahidi
orchestra member, solo principal second violin


Áron Dóczi
orchestra member, solo principal second violin


Nóra Németh
orchestra member, principal second violin


Tamás Rigó
orchestra member, principal second violin


Katalin Fenyő
orchestra member, deputy principal second violin


Éva Terman Kozári
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Sándor Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Mónika Müller
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Lilla Harasztiné Gulyás-Nagy
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Zsuzsanna Bákor
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Tícia Puskás
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Orsolya Márton
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Anna Nagy-Bereczky
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Anna Mária Svantek
orchestra member, second violin tutti


András Tallián
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Ádám Kiss
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Géza Szajkó
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Dávid Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Ágnes Nagy
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Miklós Liptai
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Ernő Balogh
orchestra member, second violin tutti


András Báthori
orchestra member, second violin


Elvira Csárics
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Kálmán Tabányi
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Violetta Haraszti
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Gábor Szabó
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Eszter Várallyay
orchestra member, second violin tutti


Veronika Botos
orchestra member, solo viola


Anita Inhoff
orchestra member, principal viola


Péter Kondor
orchestra member, principal viola


Csaba Babácsi
orchestra member, deputy principal viola


Jenő Sörös
orchestra member, deputy principal viola


Balázs Tóth
orchestra member, deputy principal viola


Zsuzsanna Belényi
orchestra member, viola tutti


Kornélia Sidló
orchestra member, viola tutti


Blanka Beáta Bozzay
orchestra member, viola tutti


Antal Molnár
orchestra member, viola tutti


Mónika Bódi Bán
orchestra member, viola tutti


Zsófia Winkler
orchestra member, viola tutti


Éva Kóra
orchestra member, viola tutti


Attila Lukács
orchestra member, viola tutti


Attila Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti


Gabriella Bartis-Gémesi
orchestra member, viola tutti


Balázs Mészáros
orchestra member, viola tutti


Szilvia Hamar-Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti


Péter Bor
orchestra member, viola tutti


Eszter Fodor
orchestra member, viola tutti


Hidas János
orchestra member, viola tutti


Jessica Kindlinger
orchestra member, viola tutti


András Kurgyis
orchestra member, viola tutti


Judit Nemesi
orchestra member, viola tutti


Ilona Szántó
orchestra member, viola tutti


László Pólus
orchestra member, solo cello


Endre Balog
orchestra member, solo cello, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2015/2016)


Endre Stankowsky
orchestra member, solo cello


Hosung Chung
orchestra member, principal cello


Barnabás Baranyai
orchestra member, principal cello


Balázs István
orchestra member, deputy principal cello


Ágnes Czeglédiné Fodor
orchestra member, cello tutti


Anita Miskolczi
orchestra member, cello tutti


Tibor Zacher Wambach
orchestra member, cello tutti


Eszter Baráti
orchestra member, cello tutti


Ildikó Rönkös
orchestra member, cello tutti


Anikó Sabján
orchestra member, cello tutti


Péter Dóczi
orchestra member, cello tutti


Dénes Karasszon
orchestra member, cello tutti


János Fejérvári
orchestra member, cello tutti


Béla Gál
orchestra member, cello tutti


Domonkos Nagy
orchestra member, cello tutti


Borbála Báthori
orchestra member, cello tutti


Lafforest Morgane de
orchestra member, cello tutti


Riku Hagiwara
orchestra member, cello tutti


Alajos H. Zováthi
orchestra member, principal double bass, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2017/2018)


Péter Boldoghy-Kummert
orchestra member, solo principal double bass


Péter Bucherna
orchestra member, principal double bass


Dávid Hornyák
orchestra member, principal double bass


Zoltán Miklós
orchestra member, deputy principal double bass


Gábor Szántó
orchestra member, double bass tutti


László Nyári
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Attila Miklós
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Lóránt Patay
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Csaba Magyar
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Dinah Hew Sing Ying
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Gergely Godár
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Vilmos Mohácsi
orchestra member, double bass tutti


Secil Irem Keskin
orchestra member, double bass tutti


János Rácz
orchestra member, first flute


Zsuzsanna V. Menyhárt
orchestra member, first flute


Evelin Balog
orchestra member, first flute


Zsófia Katalin Biró
orchestra member, first flute


Kata Scheuring
orchestra member, first flute


Zsuzsanna Ittzés
orchestra member, second flute


Dóra Gjorgjevic
orchestra member, second flute with solo


Márta Kunszeri
orchestra member, second flute


Krisztina Molnár
orchestra member, second flute


Máté Bán
orchestra member, second flute with solo


Berta Bánki
orchestra member, second flute


Nóra Salvi
orchestra member, first oboe


Fruzsina Káli-Fonyódi
orchestra member, solo first oboe


Ottó Rácz
orchestra member, solo first oboe


András Zászkaliczky
orchestra member, first oboe


József Erős
orchestra member, second oboe


Eszter Horváth
orchestra member, second oboe


Csenge László
orchestra member, second oboe with solo


Nóra Baráth
orchestra member, second oboe with solo


Mónika Csonka
orchestra member, second oboe


Kriszta Pethő
orchestra member, second oboe


Beáta Várnai
orchestra member, first clarinet


Sándor Kiss
orchestra member, first clarinet, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2019/2020)


Gábor Galavics
orchestra member, first clarinet


Balázs Rumy
orchestra member, szóló first clarinet


Gergely Parlagi
orchestra member, second clarinet


Péter Csongár
orchestra member, second clarinet


Zsolt Mersei
orchestra member, second clarinet


András Péter Novák
orchestra member, second clarinet with solo


Csaba Pálfi
orchestra member, second clarinet with solo


Zoltán László Kovács
orchestra member, first bassoon


Judit Polonkai
orchestra member, solo first bassoon, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2022/2023)


Bálint Fábry
orchestra member, first bassoon


Laura Lorx
orchestra member, first bassoon


Aladár Tüske
orchestra member, second bassoon


László Hunyadi
orchestra member, second bassoon with solo


Ágnes Breszka
orchestra member, second bassoon


József Bánfi
orchestra member, second bassoon


Péter Husz
orchestra member, second bassoon


Gábor Tóth
orchestra member, solo first French horn, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2018/2019)


Péter Lakatos
orchestra member, first French horn


János Pál Benyus
orchestra member, first French horn


Bálint Tóth
orchestra member, solo first French horn


Valentin Eschmann
orchestra member, first French horn


Lehel Rónai
orchestra member, second French horn


Gábor Szabó
orchestra member, second French horn


András Balogh
orchestra member, second French horn


Tamás Gáspár
orchestra member, second French horn


István Flammer
orchestra Member, third French horn


János Leiter
orchestra Member, third French horn


Gergely Baráth
orchestra Member, third French horn


Balázs Tóth
orchestra Member, third French horn


Tamás Melega
orchestra member, fourth French horn


Zsolt Végh
orchestra member, fourth French horn


Gábor Kun
orchestra member, fourth French horn


Marcell Megyery
orchestra member, fourth French horn


Zsolt Czeglédi
orchestra member, first trumpet


Tibor Király
orchestra member, first trumpet


dr. László Bence Horváth
orchestra member, solo first trumpet


Mihály Könyves-Tóth
orchestra member, first trumpet


Balázs Winkler
orchestra member, solo first trumpet


Ferenc Ács
orchestra member, second trumpet


Csaba Nagy
orchestra member, second trumpet


István Sztán
orchestra member, second trumpet


dr. Tamás János Dávida
orchestra member, second trumpet


Bence Kirsch
orchestra member, second trumpet


Gergő Kutyifa
orchestra member, second trumpet


Dániel Rikker
orchestra member, second trumpet


Tibor Ujj
orchestra member, first trombone


Csaba Bencze
orchestra member, first trombone


János Sutyák
orchestra member, first trombone


Balázs Szakszon
Orchestra Member, First trombone


Sándor Szabó
orchestra member, second trombone


Róbert Lugosi
orchestra member, second trombone


Balázs Kovács
orchestra member, second trombone


Lajos Fülöp
orchestra member, third trombone


Mariann Krasznai
orchestra member, third trombone


Zakó Norbert
orchestra member, third trombone


Gábor Adamik
orchestra member, tuba


Bálint Keresztesi
orchestra member, tuba


Gergely Lukács
orchestra member, tuba


Miklós Kovács
orchestra member, timpani


Attila Csige
orchestra member, timpani


László Juhász
orchestra member, timpani


Ádám Balázs Maros
orchestra member, timpani


Gusztáv Péter Cser
orchestra member, percussion


Zoltán Vámosi
orchestra member, percussion


Gáspár Szente
orchestra member, percussion


János Tóth
orchestra member, percussion


Attila László
orchestra member, percussion


András Császár
orchestra member, percussion


Roland Nagy
orchestra member, percussion


Csombor Kerek
orchestra member, percussion


Ágnes Peták Juhász
orchestra member, harp


Júlia Szilvásy Boros
orchestra member, harp


Beáta Simon
orchestra member, harp


Orsolya Nagy
orchestra member, harp


János Balázs
pianist


Ádám Balogh
pianist


Mihály Berecz
Pianist


Jana Boušková
Harp artist


Gabriel Dobner
Pianist


Alexander Gavrylyuk
Pianist


Sofya Gulyak
Pianist


Ivett Gyöngyösi
Pianist


Hiromi Kikuchi
Violinist


Hartmut Höll
Pianist


Peter Jablonski
Pianist


Ken Hakii
Viola tutti


Peter Valentovic
Pianist, conductor