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Neapolitan songs and Italian film hits feature in Vittorio Grigolo's recital at the Opera House
Vittorio Grigolo makes his Hungarian State Opera debut with an Italian song recital featuring pieces by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Tosti, and Leoncavallo. The world-renowned Italian tenor will be accompanied by pianist Cristiano Manzoni at the Stars' Recitals with Piano series on 16 February 2025. The programme will also include works by Händel, Puccini, Morricone, and Keith Jarrett.Feb. 12, 2025, 2:43 p.m. -
93-year-old choreographer assists rehearsal of The Merry Widow at the Opera Houe
11 years after its Erkel Theatre premiere, the Hungarian National Ballet will present Ronald Hynd's humorous, neoclassical choreography at the Opera House. A member of the legendary generation of English ballet personally supervised the rehearsals of The Merry Widow once again, as a result of which the adaptation of Ferenc Lehár's popular operetta will be performed ten times between 8 and 25 February 2025, with four different casts.Feb. 12, 2025, 10:53 a.m. -
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.Feb. 7, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
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