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Maria Yakovleva is named Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet for the 2025/26 season
On 15 June 2025, during the curtain call following a performance of La Bayadère, the principal of the Hungarian National Ballet was surprised with the announcement that she would be the recipients of the greatest honour of the ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera for the next season. She was presented with a swan-shaped award made by the Herend Porcelain Manufactory by ballet director Tamás Solymosi, amidst the celebration of her colleagues and the audience.June 16, 2025, 10:37 a.m. -
The Hungarian National Ballet presents La Bayadère in an extended version with a new ending
By reconstructing the closing scene that vanished from ballet tradition nearly a century ago, the ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera will premiere La Bayadère, one of the most successful collaborations between choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Ludwig Minkus on 14 June 2025. As his choreographic debut, company ballet master Albert Mirzoyan created the ending of this spectacular gem of classical ballet, based on the original libretto.June 11, 2025, 4:05 p.m. -
La Gioconda returns to the OPERA's repertoire with a renewed set design and directorial concept
With ornate, period-appropriate sets by Krisztina Lisztopád and a renewed concept by András Almási-Tóth, Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda is performed at the Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue between 8 and 20 June 2025. The main roles are sung by Zsuzsanna Ádám and Francesca Tiburzi, Atala Schöck, Csaba Szegedi, Andrea Szántó, István Kovácsházi and Stefano La Colla, as well as Krisztián Cser. The ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by János Kovács.June 4, 2025, 12:12 p.m.
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