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• Kodály's The Spinning Room – a new production at the Opera

  • 2016. September 23.

  “A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.

• The guest star at the Simándy 100 Tenor Gala is Rafael Rojas

  • 2016. September 23.

  It is hereby announced that in spite of the illness of Jonas Kaufmann, Attila Fekete and István Horváth, the gala concert Simándy 100 to commemorate the Hungarian tenor legend is going to take place at the announced date and time. The guest star of the evening to accompany seven Hungarian tenors is the excellent Mexican heroic tenor, Rafael Rojas. Thank you for your understanding.

• Modernisation of the Opera

  • 2016. September 20.

  On 16 September, Zoltán Balog, Minister for Human Resources, and Szilveszter Ókovács, General Director of the Hungarian State Opera guided the representatives of the press through various spaces and workshops of the Hungarian State Opera to describe and exhibit their conditions before the modernisation of the Opera. According to the decision brought by the Government, the modernisation of the Hungarian State Opera can be realised from 23 billion HUF (7.6 million EUR) to make the Opera House a modern, safe and worthy place of work and entertainment by the spring of 2018.

• Season opener at the Opera House on 24 September

  • 2016. September 14.

  A grand season opener awaits fans of opera, ballet and classical music on 24 September 2016. On Saturday, following various open-air programmes, operatic life will resume with a new production of La traviata.

• Car-free Weekend – outdoor opera performances on Andrássy Avenue

  • 2016. September 13.

  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. 

• Nikola Šubić Zrinjski – Guest performance of the Croatian National Theatre of Osijek

  • 2016. September 02.

  On 18 September, 2016 the most significant piece of Croatian music, the three-act opera by Ivan pl. Zajc entitled Nikola Šubić Zrinjski (Zrínyi Miklós) is presented at the Hungarian State Opera. Hungarian audiences can see this Croatian national opera in the production of the Croatian National Theatre of Osijek featuring nearly 250 guest artists.

• September performances of West Side Story cancelled

  • 2016. August 05.

  It is hereby announced that due to technical reasons the performances of the musical West Side Story between 16 and 18 September are cancelled. 

• Customer information: Billy Elliot – change of venues and exchange of tickets

  • 2016. July 27.

  Dear Customers, We would like to inform you that the venue of the Billy Elliot – the Musical performances scheduled for July and August has been changed from the Erkel Theatre to the Opera House. The seat prices are generally higher in the Opera House, however the exchange of tickets is managed with category matching. This means that if a customer has purchased a ticket for row 5 at the Erkel Theatre then the new ticket will also be valid for row 5 at the Opera House; if a customer purchased a ticket for abox at the Erkel Theatre, then they will be able to enjoy the show in a similar box at the Opera House – without being charged extra.

• Billy Elliot – The Musical at the Opera House

  • 2016. July 12.

  The Hungarian State Opera announced it in Februray 2015 that the musical by Lee Hall and Grammy Award winner Sir Elton John would be included in the repertoire. The piece is based on the three times Oscar-nominated film Billy Elliot, which tells the story of a talented boy born into a poor family who are against his wish to become a ballet dancer.

• Baroque and jazz – Purcell: The Fairy Queen

  • 2016. June 14.

  Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir spiced by jazz by director András Almási-Tóth.

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