Matthew Polenzani has canceled his debut at the Hungarian State Opera. The tenor took to social media and said, “I am very sorry to say, I have had to cancel my performances of ‘Don Carlo’ in Budapest, due to illness. I was very much looking forward to my debut at the Hungarian State Opera, and I am saddened to have {…}
The Hungarian State Opera is set to present a new production of Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” starting on May 15, 2022. The new production will be directed by Géza M. Tóth and will be conducted by Balázs Kocsár. The production will continue Tóth’s criticism of consumer society and will feature projected animations by KEDD Animation Studio and set designs by Gergely Zöldy {…}
The Hungarian State Opera will debut a new version of Richard Wagner’s final opera “Parsifal” later this month. On April 15, 17, and 23 the company will present its new production with staging by András Almási-Tóth and set and costume designs by Sebastian Hannak and Lili Izsák which are intended to evoke a more modern appearance. This production originally was {…}
Opera Neo has announced its 2022 season. The San Diego-based company will kick things off an “Aria Gala” at The Conrad Presbys Performing Arts Center. Performance Dates: July 10, 2022 There will also be a pair of Cabaret evenings at Bread & Salt. Performance Dates: July 22 & 23, 2022 The company will also feature a transatlantic collaboration with the {…}
The Hungarian state Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring premieres and repertory staples. Here is a look at the extensive season. Premieres Puccini’s “Tosca” will be conducted by Gergely Kesselyák and will star Csilla Boross and Zsuzsanna Ádám in the title role. The cast will be rounded by Attila Fekete, Adorján Pataki, Péter Kálmán, and Michele Kalmandy. Performance Dates: {…}
For the first time in almost 50 years the Hungarian State Opera will present Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande.” The production, which will open on Feb. 25, 2022, will be produced by Kirsten Dehlholm and Hotel Pro Forma with Marie Dahl as co-director. The cast will be headlined by Zsolt Haja and Máté Fülep as Pelléas and Polina Pasztircsák as Mélisande. {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced the premiere of a new production of Ede Poldini’s “Love Adrift.” The opera, which will return to the repertory on Feb. 19, 2022, will be presented at Eiffel Art Studios in a production by András Almási-Tóth with Szabolcs Sándor at the podium. The opera tells the tale of a bunch of strangers who end {…}
(Credit: Hungarian State Opera) The Hungarian State Opera has announced an upcoming run of Offenbach’s “Les contes d’Hoffmann.” These performances of the famed Offenbach work will be the first at the opera house in 25 years. The opera will have two casts, and soprano Klára Kolonits will perform the four heroines alongside Péter Kálmán as four villains, Viktória Mester in {…}
The Hungarian State Opera and OperaVision have announced that they will continue their partnership with a presentation of composer Janos Vajda and librettist Szabolcs Varady’s “The Imaginary Invalid or the Cabal of Hypocrites.” Directed by Mate Szabo, conductor Janos Kovacs leads the HSO Orchestra and a cast featuring Andras Habetler in the double roles of Argan and Moliere, Eva Batori {…}
The Hungarian State Opera is set to present a double bill of Beethoven’s “König Stephan” and “Die Ruinen von Athen” on Sept. 25, 2021 at the Eiffel Art Studios. “König Stephan” is an unfinished work that Beethoven created in 1811. He managed an overture and nine movements, all of which have been combined in a production by Pál Oberfrank, who {…}
On August 21, Patricia Petibon and Lawrence Brownlee will join forces for a gala concert at the Zoltán Kodály Park at Eiffel Art Studios by the Hungarian State Opera. The gala concert will feature Petibon and Brownlee performing selections from “Faust,” “La fille du régiment,” “Rigoletto,” “La Traviata” and “Manon,” as well as pieces by European and American songwriters. It {…}