At the 20 November 20th concert of the Star Galas with Piano series, the German mezzo-soprano, who became world-famous in Wagner's roles, will make her first appearance at the Budapest Opera House, accompanied by up-and-coming young baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and pianist Joseph Breinl. Their programme will feature 19th-century German songs from Schubert to Mahler.
The 115-member ensemble of the Hungarian State Opera will present Miklós Szinetár's 2014 production of Mozart's singspiel on its 12-stop tour between 28 October and 13 November 2022 with a double cast featuring Andrea Rost as Pamina. The OPERA Orchestra will then give four symphonic concerts with the participation of Japanese pianists between 15 and 19 November.
After a decade and a half, Richard Wagner's monumental opera cycle is on stage of the refurbished Budapest Opera House for four weeks in November 2022. The production staged by Géza M. Tóth and conducted by Balázs Kocsár features a cast almost exclusively of Hungarian soloist including István Kovácsházi, Szilvia Rálik, Eszter Sümegi, Zoltán Nyári, Tünde Szabóki, Mihály Kálmándy, Béla Perencz and Krisztián Cser.
Under the title Integration & Inclusion, Opera Europa, which operates as the continent's opera umbrella organization, has announced its autumn conference, which will be hosted by the Hungarian State Opera and the Eiffel Art Studios between 20 and 22 October 2022. The event, with the participation of nearly 200 representatives from almost 100 organizations from 26 countries, offers professional programmes for representatives of education, recruitment and audience training, human resources, and technical and production fields, some of which can also be followed on the organization's YouTube channel.
Purcell's baroque opera is presented by the Hungarian State Opera at the Eiffel Art Studios as part of the MVM OperAdventure for secondary school students, staged by director and choreographer Dóra Barta. The productions, featuring a triple cast, is open to the general public on 22 October, following the series intended for students between 13 and 21 October 2022.
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II and Bánk Bán (The Viceroy Bánk) by Ferenc Erkel are presented by the Hungarian State Opera in Mumbai between 12 and 16 October 2022, at the invitation of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
In the 2022/2023 season, the Hungarian State Opera House is launching a new series of intimate aria and song recitals featuring internationally renowned opera singers with piano accompaniment. On the opening night of the series, Simon Keenlyside will perform at the Miklós Bánffy Stage of the Eiffel Eiffel Art Studios on 16 October 2022, followed by Ildar Abdrazakov at the Opera House on 30 October.
Update: due to the illness of Andrea Rost, the concert at the Erkel Theatre on 15 October 2022 is cancelled. A possible new date is being negotiated with our co-production partners, but in the current situation affecting the operation of cultural institutions, this may take longer. Further information to be announced at the beginning of next week. In the meantime, tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase until 30 November 2022. Tickets purchased online are refunded automatically. Iconic operatic roles and adaptations of popular songs feature in the programme of Andrea Rost's birthday gala concert in two movements. The internationally renowned soprano appears at the Erkel Theatre on 15 October 2022, accompanied by the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra conducted by Domonkos Héja, and Hot Jazz Band.
The Roman Republic, occupied by Spanish and Neapolitan forces at the dawn of the Napoleonic Wars, is replaced by the suffocating atmosphere of the communist dictatorship of the 1950s in the new production of the Hungarian State Opera. Director general Szilveszter Ókovács's second staging, conducted by Gergely Kesselyák, in a double cast, with Csilla Boross and Zsuzsanna Ádám in the title role, will be first presented on September 24th and 28th, 2022 at the Opera House in Budapest.
The Hungarian National Ballet, the 138-year-old official ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera, announces an audition upon invitation to be held from 10:00 on 29 January 2023 at the Opera House for immediate openings as well as contracts starting 15 July 2023 (depending on the applicants’ work visa requirements).
In her first-ever appearance at the Opera House, Budapest, the world-famous star soprano will perform songs by Debussy, Dvořák, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Richard Strauss, as well as excerpts from operas by Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo, and Offenbach. The artist is accompanied on the piano by Pavel Nebolsin. The programme also features mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova and violinist Kurt Mitterfellner. The main sponsor of the event is Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Dear esteemed audience, As part of the Hungarian government’s comprehensive economic measures in relation to the war in Ukraine, the ministry maintaining the Hungarian State Opera House gave notice of the reduction of 600 million HUF from the theatre’s annual budget. As a result of previous and further expected measures for savings, OPERA expects a total budget reduction of 1 billion HUF for the year 2022 and 500 million HUF for the year 2023. The recent increase in utility costs and vulnerability to currency exchange rates have placed additional burden on our theatre.