In 2016, the Opera House will once again be participating in the worldwide Car-Free Weekend series with free commedia dell’arte performances on the Sphinx Terrace on the Dalszínház Street corner of the building on Saturday and Sunday, 17 & 18 September to use the noise-free environment and the much better air on Andrássy Avenue.
The Car-free weekend on the tarmac of Andrássy Avenue emboldens us to try turn the thousands of locals and tourists in Budapest who are walking, eating and having fun into potential opera-goers. That is why we welcome everyone with an enormous LED wall where we will be screening opera films and two full performances as the main programme on two nights.
(The open-air opera performances and screenings may be cancelled in the event of bad weather.)
Opera performances at the Dalszínház Street Sphinx Terrace:
17 & 18 September, 2016:
2 p.m. Donizetti: Il campanello (The Night Bell)
4 p.m. Donizetti: I pazzi per progetto (Madmen by Design)
6 p.m. Menotti: The Telephone
Opera Cinema – screenings on Andrássy Avenue:
17 September, 2016:
7 p.m. Ferenc Erkel: Hunyadi László
18 September, 2016:
7 p.m. Dantzig / Schayk / Csajkovszkij: Swan Lake
Traffic update:
Due to the event, Andrássy Street is closed off from traffic on 17 & 18 September. The number 105 bus is diverted. There is normal service on underground line M1, which stops at the Opera.
