
The OPERA bids farewell to the Erkel Theatre with a rarely performed, cathartic work
A cast of more than three hundred performers will perform the monumental oratorio Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Schönberg, born 150 years ago, on 15 February 2025 at the Erkel Theatre. The grand finale of the late Romantic period, rich in Wagnerian and Mahlerian elements, which has only been performed twice in Hungary before, will be performed by the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by internationally renowned conductor Henrik Nánási, with the participation of soloist István Kovácsházi, Tünde Szabóki, Atala Schöck, Zsolt Haja, Gerely Ujvári, and Dénes Gulyás.