The Hungarian State Opera has announced a cast change for its recital on March 22, 2026. The company said that mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina will perform the concert alone instead of with Long Long, who was originally scheduled to sing with her. As a result, the program was changed and the mezzo will sing alongside Jonathan Papp in a program of {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 143rd season, featuring 10 new productions, 500 performances across its two venues, and a landmark Kodály centenary celebration. Here is a look at the operatic offerings. New Productions The season opens with a world premiere of “Kodály Háry Jancsika,” a new children’s version of the beloved singspiel performed by the OPERA Children’s Chorus, {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions “Lohengrin” will get a new production by András Almási-Tóth. Martin Rajna conducts two separate casts starring Christopher Sokolowski, Szabolcs Brickner, Johanni van Oostrum, Klára Kolonits, Egils Siliņš, Károly Szemerédy, Judit Kutasi, and Szilvia Rálik, among others. Performance Dates: Nov. 15-20, 2025 There will be a world premiere double bill {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has rejected the Ambassador of Ukraine’s call to cancel Anna Netrebko’s upcoming concert on March 23, 2025. According to reports, the Ukrainian Ambassador Fedor Sandor in Budapest demanded that the opera house cancel the soprano’s concert claiming that Netrebko was a supporter of Putin and a supporter of the war in Ukraine. However, the soprano has {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Gergely Vajda conducts John Adams’ “Nixon in China” with Rita Rácz, Klára Kolonits, Zoltán Nyári, and Károly Szemerédy. András Almási-Tóth directs the production. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 5, 2024 Péter Dobszay will conduct Verdi’s Requiem and will feature soloists Andrea Brassói-Jőrös, Andrea Szántó, István Kovácsházi, and Krisztián Cser. András Almási-Tóth {…}
OperaVision is set to stream the Hungarian State Opera’s production of Péter Eötvös’ “Valuska” starting on Jan. 19, 2024. The opera premiered at Eiffel Art Studios in December of 2023 and starred Zsolt Haja in the title role alongside Adrienn Miksch (Mrs Pflaum), Tünde Szabóki (Tünde), and András Hábetler (Professor). Kálmán Szennai conducted the production by director Bence Varga. “Valuska” {…}
The Hungarian State Opera will present Péter Eötvös’ “Valuska” at the Eiffel Art Studios on Dec. 2, 2023. The world premiere opera was commissioned by the company in 2018 and represents the 13th opera composed by Eötvös. It is based on the novel “The Melancholy of Resistance” and centers on a traveling circus that arrives at a small town. Murder {…}
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov are set to appear in a concert performance of “Il Trovatore” at the Hungarian State Opera. The performance will take place on Feb. 2 at the Locomotive Hall of the Eiffel Art Studios. They will be joined by Mihály Kálmándy and Ildikó Komlósi, both acclaimed soloists of the Hungarian State Opera. Denis Vlasenko will conduct {…}
Soprano Kristina Opolais is set to present a recital at the Hungarian State Opera on Sept. 17, 2023. The showcase will feature that soprano alongside Latvian pianist Agnese Egliņa as the two take opera arias by Puccini, Verdi, Catalina, Cilea, Dvorak, and Ponchielli. Egliņa will also present excerpts from “La Forza del Destino,” “La Gioconda,” and “Madama Butterfly,” as well {…}
Martin Rajna has been appointed to the position of principal conductor of the Hungarian State Opera for the upcoming 2023-2024 season. This season, Rajna, 27, will conduct Verdi’s “Attila” and Rossini’s “L’ italiana in Algeri;” he will also oversee new productions of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The conductor previously led productions of “Die Entführung aus dem Serail,” {…}
On May 13, 2023, the Hungarian State Opera will stage Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” This new production by András Almási-Tóth will mark the first time the work has been performed within the country in 50 years. Conductor Balázs Kocsár leads the HSO Orchestra and a cast comprised of Szabolcs Brickner, Emőke Baráth, Gabriella Balga, Zsuzsanna Ádám, and Laura Topolánszky. The production features {…}