Péter Halász was born in Budapest, where he studied piano and music composition, later going on to earn his diploma in conducting at Vienna's Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst as a student of Leopold Hager. He has also been a student at master courses held by Bernard Haiting, and worked as assistant to Ádám Fischer at the Haydn Festival Eisenstadt in Austria. He was employed as a répétiteur at Opernhaus Zürich, and then at Staatstheater Mainz, first as principal répétiteur, and later as a conductor. Later on, he became assistant principal music director and principal conductor with the Theater Aachen and Aachen Symphony Orchestra. He started conducting regularly, as a guest, at the Hungarian State Opera in 2010, and then was named acting principal music director in 2013. From April 2014 to March 2016 he has served as the Opera's principal music director. His repertoire includes more than 40 different operas ranging from the Baroque to contemporary works. In the 2015/16 season, he was continuing the task of premiering Wagner's entire Ring tetralogy with Die Walküre, in the 2016/17 season with Siegfried. His premiere of Thomas Adès's The Tempest brought to Budapest, after long years, a production of an internationally acclaimed contemporary opera. In addition, during the course of the 2015/16 season he has made his debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg (with Puccini's Manon Lescaut) and with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. He received the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civilian division) in 2017.
Péter Halász
Performances
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January 1. 20:00
NEW YEAR'S AT THE OPERA HOUSE
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January 2. 20:00
NEW YEAR'S AT THE OPERA HOUSE
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January 25. 18:00
RUSALKA
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January 27. 19:00
RUSALKA
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January 31. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 2. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 4. 11:00
RUSALKA
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February 7. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 8. 18:00
ARABELLA
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February 9. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 10. 19:00
ARABELLA
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February 11. 19:00
RUSALKA
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February 14. 19:00
ARABELLA
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February 17. 11:00
ARABELLA
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February 23. 19:00
ARABELLA
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March 30. 19:00
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
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April 1. 19:00
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria rusticana)
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April 4. 18:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 6. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 7. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 9. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 10. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 12. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 13. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 19. 19:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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April 21. 11:00
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
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September 12. 17:00
CARMEN
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September 14. 18:00
CARMEN
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September 15. 11:00
CARMEN
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September 18. 18:00
CARMEN
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September 20. 18:00
CARMEN
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September 22. 18:00
CARMEN
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September 27. 18:00
CARMEN
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September 28. 11:00
CARMEN
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October 5. 18:00
CARMEN
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November 7. 18:00
TURANDOT
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November 9. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 13. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 17. 11:00
TURANDOT
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November 19. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 21. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 24. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 27. 18:30
TURANDOT
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November 29. 18:30
TURANDOT
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April 16. 16:00
PARSIFAL
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April 18. 17:00
PARSIFAL
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April 20. 17:00
PARSIFAL
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May 15. 17:00
DON CARLO
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May 17. 18:00
DON CARLO
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May 25. 18:00
DON CARLO
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May 27. 18:00
DON CARLO
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May 29. 18:00
DON CARLO
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June 1. 11:00
DON CARLO
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June 4. 18:00
DON CARLO