Verdi Gala with Plácido Domingo

Opera gala 12
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Hungarian State Opera
Running time including interval
  • Part I:
  • Interval:
  • Part II:

Language Italian

Surtitle Hungarian, English, Italian

Few composers are as closely associated with Plácido Domingo’s extraordinary career as Giuseppe Verdi. From his greatest triumphs as a tenor to his internationally acclaimed performances of Verdi’s baritone roles, the Spanish artist has spent decades bringing the composer’s heroes and tragic figures to life on the world’s leading opera stages. His relationship with Hungarian audiences also spans more than half a century, and in 2026, he returns to the Budapest Opera joined by outstanding Hungarian soloists to delight his admirers with popular excerpts from Nabucco, Macbeth, La forza del destino, La traviata, Don Carlos, Simon Boccanegra, and Il trovatore.

Programme

Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino
   Overture
   “La vita è inferno all'infelice… O tu che in seno agli angeli” – Don Alvaro's aria from Act III | Szabolcs Brickner
   “Rataplan” – Preziosilla's aria from Act III | Viktória Mester
   “Invano Alvaro... Le minacce, i fieri accenti” – Don Alvaro and Don Carlo's duet from Act IV | Szabolcs Brickner, Plácido Domingo

Macbeth
   “Perfidi!... Pietà, rispetto, amore” – Macbeth's aria from Act IV | Plácido Domingo
   “Come dal ciel precipita…” – Banco's aria from Act II | Krisztián Cser
   “Patria oppressa” – the chorus of the Scottish refugees from Act IV | the Hungarian State Opera Chorus

La traviata
   Prelude
   “Pura siccome un angelo…” – Violetta and Giorgio Germont's duet from Act II | Orsolya Sáfár, Plácido Domingo
   “È strano... Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera” – Violetta's aria from Act I | Orsolya Sáfár

--- interval ---

Nabucco
   Overture
   “D'Egitto là sui lidi” – Zaccaria's aria from Act I | Cser Krisztián, the Hungarian State Opera Chorus
   “Oh, dischiuso è il firmamento!” – Fenena's prayer from Act IV | Viktória Mester

Simon Boccanegra
   Prelude
   “O inferno!... Sento avvampar nell'anima” – Gabriele Adorno's aria from Act II | Szabolcs Brickner
   “M’ardon le tempia” – Simon Boccanegra and Jacopo Fiesco's duet from Act III | Plácido Domingo, Krisztián Cser

Il trovatore
   “Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie” – Gypsy chorus from Act II | the Hungarian State Opera Chorus
   “Mira, d'acerbe lagrime” – Count di Luna and Leonora's duet from Act IV | Orsolya Sáfár, Plácido Domingo