It was not only in the institutional performance of opera in Hungary that Ferenc Erkel played a critical role, he was also responsible for organising the first Hungarian orchestra. And it was from the orchestra that first started operating at the Hungarian Theatre of Pest (later the National Theatre) in January 1838 that the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra evolved, making it more than 180 years old. They presented Erkel's first opera, Bátori Mária, and have been involved in the overwhelming majority of Hungary's opera premieres.
Orchestra
Orchestra director
Sámuel Csaba Tóth
Orchestra director, conductor, opera répétiteur
concertmaster
Ernő Kállai
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster
Nagao Haruka
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster
Alexandre Anatolii Dimcevski
orchestra member, solo first concertmaster
Ágnes Kovácsné Soltész
orchestra member, first concertmaster
Elina Harsányi
orchestra member, concertmaster
Eszter Stankovsky
orchestra member, concertmaster
violin
Imola Rajka
orchestra member, principal first violin
Magdolna Závodszky Tomsicsné
orchestra member, principal first violin
Anikó Ecseki
orchestra member, principal first violin, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2023/2024)
Ferenc Keskeny
orchestra member, principal first violin
Judit Kovács
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin
Márta Kisfaludy
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin
Manuéla Süvegesné Simon
orchestra member, deputy principal first violin
Ludmila Romanovskaya
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Johanna Szántóné Tóth-Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Éva Hartenstein
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Hajnalka Csikós
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Andrea Haffner
orchestra member, first violin tutti
László Nyuli
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Tamás Bíró
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Károly Gál
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zita Novák
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Éva Paul
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Beatrix Bugony
orchestra member, first violin tutti
István Ludvig
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Gabriella Ürmösi Farkas
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Péter Foskolos
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Enikő Tury
orchestra member, first violin tutti
István Horváth
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zsuzsanna Laskay
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zsófia Molnár Maros
orchestra member, first violin tutti
József Rácz
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Ibolya Igaz Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Sára Katalin Szücsné Deák
Orchestra Member, principal second violin
Noémi Huszár
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Kanon Aoki
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Gábor Selmeczi
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Máté Soós
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Patrícia Fahidi
orchestra member, solo principal second violin
Áron Dóczi
orchestra member, solo principal second violin
Nóra Németh
orchestra member, principal second violin
Tamás Rigó
orchestra member, principal second violin
Katalin Fenyő
orchestra member, deputy principal second violin
Éva Terman Kozári
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Sándor Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Mónika Müller
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Lilla Harasztiné Gulyás-Nagy
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Zsuzsanna Bákor
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Tícia Puskás
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Orsolya Márton
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Anna Nagy-Bereczky
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Anna Mária Svantek
orchestra member, second violin tutti
András Tallián
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ádám Kiss
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Géza Szajkó
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Dávid Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ágnes Nagy
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Miklós Liptai
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ernő Balogh
orchestra member, second violin tutti
András Báthori
orchestra member, second violin
Elvira Csárics
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Kálmán Tabányi
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Violetta Haraszti
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Gábor Szabó
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Eszter Várallyay
orchestra member, second violin tutti
viola
Veronika Botos
orchestra member, solo viola
Anita Inhoff
orchestra member, principal viola
Péter Kondor
orchestra member, principal viola
Csaba Babácsi
orchestra member, deputy principal viola
Jenő Sörös
orchestra member, deputy principal viola
Balázs Tóth
orchestra member, deputy principal viola
Zsuzsanna Belényi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Kornélia Sidló
orchestra member, viola tutti
Blanka Beáta Bozzay
orchestra member, viola tutti
Antal Molnár
orchestra member, viola tutti
Mónika Bódi Bán
orchestra member, viola tutti
Zsófia Winkler
orchestra member, viola tutti
Éva Kóra
orchestra member, viola tutti
Attila Lukács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Attila Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Gabriella Bartis-Gémesi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Balázs Mészáros
orchestra member, viola tutti
Szilvia Hamar-Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Péter Bor
orchestra member, viola tutti
Eszter Fodor
orchestra member, viola tutti
Hidas János
orchestra member, viola tutti
Jessica Kindlinger
orchestra member, viola tutti
András Kurgyis
orchestra member, viola tutti
Judit Nemesi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Ilona Szántó
orchestra member, viola tutti
violoncello
László Pólus
orchestra member, solo cello
Endre Balog
orchestra member, solo cello, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2015/2016)
Endre Stankowsky
orchestra member, solo cello
Hosung Chung
orchestra member, principal cello
Barnabás Baranyai
orchestra member, principal cello
Balázs István
orchestra member, deputy principal cello
Ágnes Czeglédiné Fodor
orchestra member, cello tutti
Anita Miskolczi
orchestra member, cello tutti
Tibor Zacher Wambach
orchestra member, cello tutti
Eszter Baráti
orchestra member, cello tutti
Ildikó Rönkös
orchestra member, cello tutti
Anikó Sabján
orchestra member, cello tutti
Péter Dóczi
orchestra member, cello tutti
Dénes Karasszon
orchestra member, cello tutti
János Fejérvári
orchestra member, cello tutti
Béla Gál
orchestra member, cello tutti
Domonkos Nagy
orchestra member, cello tutti
Borbála Báthori
orchestra member, cello tutti
Lafforest Morgane de
orchestra member, cello tutti
Riku Hagiwara
orchestra member, cello tutti
double bass
Alajos H. Zováthi
orchestra member, principal double bass, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2017/2018)
Péter Boldoghy-Kummert
orchestra member, solo principal double bass
Péter Bucherna
orchestra member, principal double bass
Dávid Hornyák
orchestra member, principal double bass
Zoltán Miklós
orchestra member, deputy principal double bass
Gábor Szántó
orchestra member, double bass tutti
László Nyári
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Attila Miklós
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Lóránt Patay
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Csaba Magyar
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Dinah Hew Sing Ying
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Gergely Godár
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Vilmos Mohácsi
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Secil Irem Keskin
orchestra member, double bass tutti
flute
János Rácz
orchestra member, first flute
Zsuzsanna V. Menyhárt
orchestra member, first flute
Evelin Balog
orchestra member, first flute
Zsófia Katalin Biró
orchestra member, first flute
Kata Scheuring
orchestra member, first flute
Zsuzsanna Ittzés
orchestra member, second flute
Dóra Gjorgjevic
orchestra member, second flute with solo
Márta Kunszeri
orchestra member, second flute
Krisztina Molnár
orchestra member, second flute
Máté Bán
orchestra member, second flute with solo
Berta Bánki
orchestra member, second flute
oboe
Nóra Salvi
orchestra member, first oboe
Fruzsina Káli-Fonyódi
orchestra member, solo first oboe
Ottó Rácz
orchestra member, solo first oboe
András Zászkaliczky
orchestra member, first oboe
József Erős
orchestra member, second oboe
Eszter Horváth
orchestra member, second oboe
Csenge László
orchestra member, second oboe with solo
Nóra Baráth
orchestra member, second oboe with solo
Mónika Csonka
orchestra member, second oboe
Kriszta Pethő
orchestra member, second oboe
clarinet
Beáta Várnai
orchestra member, first clarinet
Sándor Kiss
orchestra member, first clarinet, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2019/2020)
Gábor Galavics
orchestra member, first clarinet
Balázs Rumy
orchestra member, szóló first clarinet
Gergely Parlagi
orchestra member, second clarinet
Péter Csongár
orchestra member, second clarinet
Zsolt Mersei
orchestra member, second clarinet
András Péter Novák
orchestra member, second clarinet with solo
Csaba Pálfi
orchestra member, second clarinet with solo
bassoon
Zoltán László Kovács
orchestra member, first bassoon
Judit Polonkai
orchestra member, solo first bassoon, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2022/2023)
Bálint Fábry
orchestra member, first bassoon
Laura Lorx
orchestra member, first bassoon
Aladár Tüske
orchestra member, second bassoon
László Hunyadi
orchestra member, second bassoon with solo
Ágnes Breszka
orchestra member, second bassoon
József Bánfi
orchestra member, second bassoon
Péter Husz
orchestra member, second bassoon
horn
Gábor Tóth
orchestra member, solo first French horn, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2018/2019)
Péter Lakatos
orchestra member, first French horn
János Pál Benyus
orchestra member, first French horn
Bálint Tóth
orchestra member, solo first French horn
Valentin Eschmann
orchestra member, first French horn
Lehel Rónai
orchestra member, second French horn
Gábor Szabó
orchestra member, second French horn
András Balogh
orchestra member, second French horn
Tamás Gáspár
orchestra member, second French horn
István Flammer
orchestra Member, third French horn
János Leiter
orchestra Member, third French horn
Gergely Baráth
orchestra Member, third French horn
Balázs Tóth
orchestra Member, third French horn
Tamás Melega
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Zsolt Végh
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Gábor Kun
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Marcell Megyery
orchestra member, fourth French horn
trumpet
Zsolt Czeglédi
orchestra member, first trumpet
Tibor Király
orchestra member, first trumpet
dr. László Bence Horváth
orchestra member, solo first trumpet
Mihály Könyves-Tóth
orchestra member, first trumpet
Balázs Winkler
orchestra member, solo first trumpet
Ferenc Ács
orchestra member, second trumpet
Csaba Nagy
orchestra member, second trumpet
István Sztán
orchestra member, second trumpet
dr. Tamás János Dávida
orchestra member, second trumpet
Bence Kirsch
orchestra member, second trumpet
Gergő Kutyifa
orchestra member, second trumpet
Dániel Rikker
orchestra member, second trumpet
trombone
Tibor Ujj
orchestra member, first trombone
Csaba Bencze
orchestra member, first trombone
János Sutyák
orchestra member, first trombone
Balázs Szakszon
Orchestra Member, First trombone
Sándor Szabó
orchestra member, second trombone
Róbert Lugosi
orchestra member, second trombone
Balázs Kovács
orchestra member, second trombone
Lajos Fülöp
orchestra member, third trombone
Mariann Krasznai
orchestra member, third trombone
Zakó Norbert
orchestra member, third trombone
tuba
Gábor Adamik
orchestra member, tuba
Bálint Keresztesi
orchestra member, tuba
Gergely Lukács
orchestra member, tuba
timpani
Miklós Kovács
orchestra member, timpani
Attila Csige
orchestra member, timpani
László Juhász
orchestra member, timpani
Ádám Balázs Maros
orchestra member, timpani
percussion
Gusztáv Péter Cser
orchestra member, percussion
Zoltán Vámosi
orchestra member, percussion
Gáspár Szente
orchestra member, percussion
János Tóth
orchestra member, percussion
Attila László
orchestra member, percussion
András Császár
orchestra member, percussion
Roland Nagy
orchestra member, percussion
Csombor Kerek
orchestra member, percussion
harp
Ágnes Peták Juhász
orchestra member, harp
Júlia Szilvásy Boros
orchestra member, harp
Beáta Simon
orchestra member, harp
Orsolya Nagy
orchestra member, harp
Guest performers
János Balázs
pianist
Ádám Balogh
pianist
Mihály Berecz
Pianist
Jana Boušková
Harp artist
Gabriel Dobner
Pianist
Alexander Gavrylyuk
Pianist
Sofya Gulyak
Pianist
Ivett Gyöngyösi
Pianist
Hiromi Kikuchi
Violinist
Hartmut Höll
Pianist
Peter Jablonski
Pianist
Ken Hakii
Viola tutti
Peter Valentovic
Pianist, conductor